1yum-cron(8)                                                        yum-cron(8)
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NAME

6       yum-cron - an interface to convieniently call yum from cron
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SYNOPSIS

10       yum-cron [config-file]
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DESCRIPTION

14       yum-cron  is an alternate interface to yum that is optimised to be con‐
15       venient to call from cron.  It  provides  methods  to  keep  repository
16       metadata  up  to  date,  and to check for, download, and apply updates.
17       Rather than accepting many different command line arguments,  the  dif‐
18       ferent functions of yum-cron can be accessed through config files.
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20       config-file is used to optionally specify the path to the configuration
21       file to use.  If it is not given, the default configuration  file  will
22       be  used.   It  is useful to be able to specify different configuration
23       files for different use cases.  For  example,  one  configuration  file
24       might  be  set  to  update the repository metadata, and a line could be
25       added to the crontab to run yum-cron frequently using this file.  Then,
26       another  configuration  file  might be set to install updates, and yum-
27       cron could be run from cron using this file just once each day.
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FILES

31       /etc/yum/yum-cron.conf
32       /etc/yum/yum-cron-hourly.conf
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SEE ALSO

36       yum (8)
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AUTHORS

40       See the Authors file included with this program.
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BUGS

44       There of course aren't any bugs, but if you find any, you should email
45        the mailing list, yum@lists.baseurl.org, or consult bugzilla.
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49Nick Jacek                                                         yum-cron(8)