---
name: "cron-apt"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "cron-apt"
version: "0.13.0.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cron-apt/8"
---

# cron-apt(8)

program to update the system using apt-get

## NAME

cron-apt — program to update the system using apt-get

## SYNOPSIS

**cron-apt \[configfile\]**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the  **cron-apt** command.

**cron-apt** is a program that uses the  information in /etc/cron-apt/action.d/ as arguments to apt-get  line by line in file order.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax,  with long options starting with two dashes (\`-').  A summary of  options is included below.  For a complete description, see the  **Info** files.

- **--help**

  Show summary of options.

## CONFIGURATION

Configuration can be done by editing /etc/cron-apt/config and by  adding rules to /etc/cron-apt/action.d/  The variables that you can set in /etc/cron-apt/config is documented  in the configuration example in  /usr/share/doc/cron-apt/examples/config

From version 0.5.0 the optional FILTERCTRLM attribute is deprecated.

## SEE ALSO

apt-get (1)

aptitude (1)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Ola Lundqvist ola@inguza.com for  the **Debian GNU/Linux** system (but may be used by others).  This manual is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or  (at your option) any later version.