needrestart - needrestart
needrestart checks which daemons need to be restarted after library upgrades.
Usage:
needrestart [-(v|q)] [-n] [-c <cfg>] [-r <mode>] [-f <fe>] [-u <ui>] [-(b|p)] [-kl]
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-v |
be more verbose |
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-q |
be quiet |
-m <mode>
set level of technical details
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e |
(e)asy mode |
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a |
(a)dvanced mode |
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-n |
set default answer to ’no’ |
-c <cfg>
config filename
-r <mode>
set restart mode
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l |
(l)ist only |
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i |
(i)nteractive restart |
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a |
(a)utomatically restart |
ATTENTION: If needrestart is configured to run in interactive mode but is run non-interactive (i.e. unattended-upgrades) it will fallback to list only mode.
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-b |
enable batch mode | ||
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-p |
nagios plugin mode: makes output and exit codes nagios compatible |
-f <fe>
overwrite debconf(7) frontend, sets the DEBIAN_FRONT environment variable to <fe>
-u <ui>
use preferred UI package (-u ? shows available packages)
By using one of the following options only the specified checks are performed:
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-k |
check for obsolete kernel |
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-l |
check for obsolete libraries |
The following
environment variables can be used to override the config
file options. Command line parameters do always supersede
them.
NEEDRESTART_MODE
Change the configured restart mode (see also the -r parameter): (l)ist only, (i)nteractive or (a)utomatically
When used with
apt-get(8) needrestart supports the following additional
environment variables:
DEBIAN_FRONT
The debconf(7) frontend to use, can also set using the -f parameter.
NEEDRESTART_SUSPEND
If set to a non-empty value the apt-get(8) hook will not run needrestart after installing or updating packages.
Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net>
2013 - 2018 (C) Thomas Liske [http://fiasko-nw.net/~thomas/]
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
https://github.com/liske/needrestart