How to sent email when reboot is required after update?

Support Software & Applications
3

You need to run the check before updating the system.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
reboot="(ucode|cryptsetup|linux|nvidia|mesa|systemd|wayland|xf86-video|xorg)"
if [[ $(which yay) =~ (yay) ]]; then
    updates=$(checkupdates; yay -Qua)
else
    updates=$(checkupdates)
fi
echo "$updates"
if [[ $updates =~ $reboot ]]; then
    echo "Updating possibly requires system restart ..."
fi

Replace the line

    echo "Updating possibly requires system restart ..."

with your send mail functionality - possibly injecting the content of the $updates variable into the mail body

1 Like