How to have my arch-clean.sh run automaticly after update

Oblivion7 · 2015-09-09 19:49:40

Hello i want to have a script run after "pacman -Syu", is this possible and if not how can i set up this script to run completely autmatic with cron (it has parts where you usualy have to say Y or N and it has to run as root or use sudo and I want to have to do nothing)
heres the script:

#!/bin/bash

tar -cjf /.Backups/Pacman-Db_Backup/pacman-database.tar.bz2 /var/lib/pacman/local
pacman -Rscn $(pacman -Qtdq)
pacman -Sc
pacman-optimize && sync
updatedb

exit 0

Last edited by Oblivion7 (2015-09-09 19:54:07)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-09-09 19:54:51

See: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=201782

Slithery · 2015-09-09 19:57:15

You could just make an alias in your ~/.bashrc, for example...

alias upgrade='pacman -Syu && /path/to/script'

Now simply typing 'upgrade' will update your system and run the script.

Or how about just adding 'pacman -Syu' to the top of your script?

Oblivion7 · 2015-09-09 20:07:26

Or how about just adding 'pacman -Syu' to the top of your script?

I-I well uhhh, now i just feel stupid lol but i perfer the alias, thanks for the help guys!

Last edited by Oblivion7 (2015-09-09 20:07:48)

karol · 2015-09-09 22:12:55

Please remember to mark the thread as solved https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130309

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#1 2015-09-09 19:49:40

How to have my arch-clean.sh run automaticly after update

#2 2015-09-09 19:54:51

Re: How to have my arch-clean.sh run automaticly after update

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Re: How to have my arch-clean.sh run automaticly after update

#4 2015-09-09 20:07:26

Re: How to have my arch-clean.sh run automaticly after update

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