On Sunday 14 August 2005 23:19, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Look, I appretiate that people answer my questions but why won't some > on tell me the answer to this question. I asume the last line in the > script does a yum update. But why is such a complex line needed. man yum: -e 0 = error level to 0, prints less errors -d 0 = debug level 0, prints less debug messages -R 120 = Sets the maximum amount of time yum will wait before performing a command - it randomizes over the time. My interpretation: Switches -e and -d are used to make yum quiet. -R randomizes the updates, without this all users in same timezone would start downloading updates at the same time, which would cause quite much load to the servers. Regards Kimmo Koivisto
