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CansecoDev/needsRebootUpdate.sh

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Checking if the system needs a reboot (same as the login motd)
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needsRebootUpdate.sh
#!/bin/bash
function needsRebootUpdate() # Returns OK if system needs to reboot
{
if [ -f /var/run/reboot-required ]
then
exit 0
else
exit 1
fi
}
if [ needsRebootUpdate ]; then echo "Reboot required"; fi # Test
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  • Also, this could be added to .bashrc so I can use rr in future sessions for this purpose
    alias rr='if [ -f /var/run/reboot-required ]; then echo "Reboot required"; else echo "No reboot needed"; fi'

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