System Grab Bag

Name

Description

Usage

needrestart [-(v|q)] [-n] [-c <cfg>] [-r <mode>] [-f <fe>] [-u <ui>] [-(b|p)] [-kl]

-v be more verbose

-q be quiet

-m <mode> set level of technical details

e (e)asy mode

a (a)dvanced mode

-n set default answer to 'no'

-c <cfg> config filename

-r <mode> set restart mode

l (l)ist only

i (i)nteractive restart

a (a)utomatically restart

ATTENTION: If needrestart is configured to run in interactive mode but is run non-interactive (i.e. unattended-upgrades) it will fallback to list only mode.

-b enable batch mode

-p nagios plugin mode: makes output and exit codes nagios compatible

-f <fe> override debconf(7) frontend, sets the DEBIAN_FRONTEND environment variable to <fe>

-t <seconds> When checking running interpreter processes, allow process start times that are close to timestamps of files the interpreter uses, within this tolerance (default 2). The default value of 2 seconds is best for checks of Linux hosts, on which system limitations prevent more accurate measurements of process start times. Values higher than 0 should prevent false positives yet may in extreme cases cause false negatives; values higher than 2 should not be necessary.

-u <ui> use preferred UI package (-u ? shows available packages)

By using one of the following options only the specified checks are performed:

-k check for obsolete kernel

-l check for obsolete libraries

Environment

NEEDRESTART_MODE Change the configured restart mode (see also the -r parameter): (l)ist only, (i)nteractive or (a)utomatically When used with apt-get(8) needrestart supports the following additional environment variables:

DEBIAN_FRONTEND The debconf(7) frontend to use, can also set using the -f parameter.

NEEDRESTART_SUSPEND If set to a non-empty value the apt-get(8) hook will not run needrestart after installing or updating packages.

Author

Copyright

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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