SLES12 Auto-Update Downloader

sles-updates.sh

xswp0001:~/bin # cat sles-updates
#!/bin/sh

MAIL_TO="me@mine.com"

ZYP=/usr/bin/zypper

HOSTNAME="(`hostname`)"

if [ "$1" != "mail" ]; then
 $ZYP ref &> /dev/null
 $ZYP --non-interactive patch  --download-only  &> /dev/null
 $ZYP --non-interactive update --download-only  &> /dev/null
fi

T=`mktemp -p /root`

$ZYP patch-check > $T
if [ $? -eq 101 ]; then
  # only send email if security patches available!
  $ZYP lp >>  $T
  cat $T | /usr/bin/mail -s "SLES Security-Updates auf \"$HOSTNAME\" verfuegbar" $MAIL_TO
fi

rm -f $T