[SOLVED] Pacman -Syu, Download Only

VuDu · 2008-12-14 00:09:53

Hello,

I've searched the man page but found nothing about this.

My ISP has traffic limits and has HappyHours at night, so I'd like to download the possible upgrades with a cronjob but pacman doesn't seem to have a flag for that, like --download-only or something similar.

Is there any alternative?

Should I add a request for that features?

Thanks

Last edited by VuDu (2008-12-15 11:19:58)

toofishes · 2008-12-14 00:12:20

Read the manpage, -w/--downloadonly. Not sure how you missed it.

wonder · 2008-12-14 00:53:17

don't know how he missed it. maybe he didn't read the right man page
pacman -Sh

Xyne · 2008-12-14 01:03:41

If you're going to run it as a cronjob, you probably want this:

pacman -Syuw --noconfirm

("w" for "download only", and "noconfirm" to suppress dialogues)

VuDu · 2008-12-14 10:24:12

Thank you very much!
Honestly, not even I know how I managed to miss it!
So simple... sorry for that.

PS: ok, I found out why... I was searching yaourt's man page... that's why. damn

Last edited by VuDu (2008-12-14 10:26:15)

MoonSwan · 2008-12-15 00:10:28

You may wish to mark this 'solved' too.

VuDu · 2008-12-15 11:19:43

Just changing the topic prefix to [Solved]?

Xyne · 2008-12-15 12:18:25

yep

thanks

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#1 2008-12-14 00:09:53

[SOLVED] Pacman -Syu, Download Only

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacman -Syu, Download Only

#3 2008-12-14 00:53:17

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#4 2008-12-14 01:03:41

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#5 2008-12-14 10:24:12

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#6 2008-12-15 00:10:28

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