1NEEDRESTART(1) User Commands NEEDRESTART(1)
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6 needrestart - needrestart
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9 needrestart checks which daemons need to be restarted after library
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13 Usage:
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15 needrestart [-(v|q)] [-n] [-c <cfg>] [-r <mode>] [-f <fe>] [-u
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18 -v be more verbose
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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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35 set restart mode
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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
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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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53 overwrite debconf(7) frontend, sets the DEBIAN_FRONT environment
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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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67 The following environment variables can be used to override the config
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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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78The debconf(7) frontend to use, can also set using the -f parameter.
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81If set to a non-empty value the apt-get(8) hook will not run needrestart after
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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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96 https://github.com/liske/needrestart
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100needrestart January 2015 NEEDRESTART(1)