Auto-updater cron script for BOINC projects

gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/sh
# /etc/cron.hourly/boinc-update: forces all BOINC projects to update regularly

RPC_AUTH_FILE=/var/lib/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
# sometimes: RPC_AUTH_FILE=/var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
# in Debian: RPC_AUTH_FILE=/etc/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
RPC_AUTH=

if [ -r $RPC_AUTH_FILE ] && [ -s $RPC_AUTH_FILE ]; then
	RPC_AUTH=`cat $RPC_AUTH_FILE`
fi

while read PROJECT_URL; do
	if [ -n $RPC_AUTH ]; then
		/usr/bin/boinccmd --passwd "$RPC_AUTH" --project "$PROJECT_URL" update
	else
		/usr/bin/boinccmd --project "$PROJECT_URL" update
	fi
done