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NAME

6       needrestart - needrestart
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DESCRIPTION

9       needrestart  checks  which  daemons  need to be restarted after library
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USAGE

13       Usage:
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15              needrestart [-(v|q)] [-n] [-c <cfg>] [-r <mode>] [-f  <fe>]  [-u
16              <ui>] [-(b|p)] [-kl]
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18       -v     be more verbose
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20       -q     be quiet
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22       -m <mode>
23              set level of technical details
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25          e   (e)asy mode
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27          a   (a)dvanced mode
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29       -n     set default answer to 'no'
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31       -c <cfg>
32              config filename
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34       -r <mode>
35              set restart mode
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37          l   (l)ist only
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39          i   (i)nteractive restart
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41          a   (a)utomatically restart
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43              ATTENTION:  If  needrestart  is configured to run in interactive
44              mode but is run non-interactive  (i.e.  unattended-upgrades)  it
45              will fallback to list only mode.
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47       -b     enable batch mode
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49       -p     nagios  plugin mode: makes output and exit codes nagios compati‐
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52       -f <fe>
53              overwrite debconf(7) frontend, sets the DEBIAN_FRONT environment
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56       -u <ui>
57              use preferred UI package (-u ? shows available packages)
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59       By  using  one  of  the following options only the specified checks are
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62       -k     check for obsolete kernel
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64       -l     check for obsolete libraries
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ENVIRONMENT

67       The following environment variables can be used to override the  config
68       file options. Command line parameters do always supersede them.
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70       NEEDRESTART_MODE
71              Change  the configured restart mode (see also the -r parameter):
72              (l)ist only, (i)nteractive or (a)utomatically
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74When used with apt-get(8) needrestart supports the following additional  envi‐
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DEBIAN_FRONT

78The debconf(7) frontend to use, can also set using the -f parameter.
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NEEDRESTART_SUSPEND

81If set to a non-empty value the apt-get(8) hook will not run needrestart after
82installing or updating packages.
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AUTHOR

85       Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net>
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88       2013 - 2018 (C) Thomas Liske [http://fiasko-nw.net/~thomas/]
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90       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
91       under  the  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
92       Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at  your
93       option) any later version.
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UPSTREAM

96       https://github.com/liske/needrestart
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100needrestart                      January 2015                   NEEDRESTART(1)
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