Hello, Questions: 1. What command switches allow 'zypper -v up' to run from crontab ? 2. What command switches allow zypper to download the packages/rpm ? Thanks Glenn # zypper --help Usage: zypper [--global-options] <command> [--command-options] [arguments] Global Options: --help, -h Help. --version, -V Output the version number. --promptids Output a list of zypper's user prompts. --config, -c <file> Use specified config file instead of the default. --userdata <string> User defined transaction id used in history and plugins. --quiet, -q Suppress normal output, print only error messages. --verbose, -v Increase verbosity. --no-abbrev, -A Do not abbreviate text in tables. --table-style, -s Table style (integer). --rug-compatible, -r Turn on rug compatibility. --non-interactive, -n Do not ask anything, use default answers automatically. --non-interactive-include-reboot-patches Do not treat patches as interactive, which have the rebootSuggested-flag set. --xmlout, -x Switch to XML output. --ignore-unknown, -i Ignore unknown packages. --reposd-dir, -D <dir> Use alternative repository definition file directory. --cache-dir, -C <dir> Use alternative directory for all caches. --raw-cache-dir <dir> Use alternative raw meta-data cache directory. --solv-cache-dir <dir> Use alternative solv file cache directory. --pkg-cache-dir <dir> Use alternative package cache directory. Repository Options: --no-gpg-checks Ignore GPG check failures and continue. --gpg-auto-import-keys Automatically trust and import new repository signing keys. --plus-repo, -p <URI> Use an additional repository. --disable-repositories Do not read meta-data from repositories. --no-refresh Do not refresh the repositories. --no-cd Ignore CD/DVD repositories. --no-remote Ignore remote repositories. Target Options: --root, -R <dir> Operate on a different root directory. --disable-system-resolvables Do not read installed packages. Commands: help, ? Print help. shell, sh Accept multiple commands at once. Repository Management: repos, lr List all defined repositories. addrepo, ar Add a new repository. removerepo, rr Remove specified repository. renamerepo, nr Rename specified repository. modifyrepo, mr Modify specified repository. refresh, ref Refresh all repositories. clean Clean local caches. Service Management: services, ls List all defined services. addservice, as Add a new service. modifyservice, ms Modify specified service. removeservice, rs Remove specified service. refresh-services, refs Refresh all services. Software Management: install, in Install packages. remove, rm Remove packages. verify, ve Verify integrity of package dependencies. source-install, si Install source packages and their build dependencies. install-new-recommends, inr Install newly added packages recommended by installed packages. Update Management: update, up Update installed packages with newer versions. list-updates, lu List available updates. patch Install needed patches. list-patches, lp List needed patches. dist-upgrade, dup Perform a distribution upgrade. patch-check, pchk Check for patches. Querying: search, se Search for packages matching a pattern. info, if Show full information for specified packages. patch-info Show full information for specified patches. pattern-info Show full information for specified patterns. product-info Show full information for specified products. patches, pch List all available patches. packages, pa List all available packages. patterns, pt List all available patterns. products, pd List all available products. what-provides, wp List packages providing specified capability. Package Locks: addlock, al Add a package lock. removelock, rl Remove a package lock. locks, ll List current package locks. cleanlocks, cl Remove unused locks. Other Commands: versioncmp, vcmp Compare two version strings. targetos, tos Print the target operating system ID string. licenses Print report about licenses and EULAs of installed packages. source-download Download source rpms for all installed packages to a local directory. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org