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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29 -n set default answer to 'no'
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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
44 mode but is run non-interactive (i.e. unattended-upgrades) it
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49 -p nagios plugin mode: makes output and exit codes nagios compati‐
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53 override debconf(7) frontend, sets the DEBIAN_FRONTEND environ‐
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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
68 file options. Command line parameters do always supersede them.
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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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74 When used with apt-get(8) needrestart supports the following additional
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78 The debconf(7) frontend to use, can also set using the -f param‐
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82 If set to a non-empty value the apt-get(8) hook will not run
83 needrestart after installing or updating packages.
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86 Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net>
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89 2013 - 2020 (C) Thomas Liske [http://fiasko-nw.net/~thomas/]
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91 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
92 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
93 Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
94 option) any later version.
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97 https://github.com/liske/needrestart
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101needrestart January 2015 NEEDRESTART(1)