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NAME

6       needrestart - needrestart
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DESCRIPTION

9       needrestart checks which daemons need to be restarted after library up‐
10       grades.
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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              override debconf(7) frontend, sets the DEBIAN_FRONTEND  environ‐
54              ment variable to <fe>
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56       -t <seconds>
57              When checking running interpreter processes, allow process start
58              times that are close to  timestamps  of  files  the  interpreter
59              uses,  within this tolerance (default 2). The default value of 2
60              seconds is best for checks of Linux hosts, on which system limi‐
61              tations  prevent  more  accurate  measurements  of process start
62              times. Values higher than 0 should prevent false  positives  yet
63              may in extreme cases cause false negatives; values higher than 2
64              should not be necessary.
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66       -u <ui>
67              use preferred UI package (-u ? shows available packages)
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69       By using one of the following options only  the  specified  checks  are
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72       -k     check for obsolete kernel
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74       -l     check for obsolete libraries
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ENVIRONMENT

77       The  following environment variables can be used to override the config
78       file options. Command line parameters do always supersede them.
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80       NEEDRESTART_MODE
81              Change the configured restart mode (see also the -r  parameter):
82              (l)ist only, (i)nteractive or (a)utomatically
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84       When used with apt-get(8) needrestart supports the following additional
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87       DEBIAN_FRONTEND
88              The debconf(7) frontend to use, can also set using the -f param‐
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91       NEEDRESTART_SUSPEND
92              If  set  to  a  non-empty value the apt-get(8) hook will not run
93              needrestart after installing or updating packages.
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AUTHOR

96       Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net>
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99       2013 - 2022 (C) Thomas Liske [http://fiasko-nw.net/~thomas/]
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101       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
102       under  the  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
103       Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at  your
104       option) any later version.
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UPSTREAM

107       https://github.com/liske/needrestart
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111needrestart                      January 2015                   NEEDRESTART(1)
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