swupdate-progress1

Swupdate progress tool swupdate-progress tries to connect to a running instance of swupdate to get the status of a running update.

Usage

swupdate-progress [option]

Overview

swupdate-progress is an example how to connect to SWUpdate via the progress interface. It shows on stdout a simple bar with the percent indication of the current update and reports the result of the update. It can optionally drive "psplash" or execute a script after an update.

-c: Use colors to show results on stdout

-e: Command to be execute after an update

-p: send percentage to psplash

-r: optionally reboot the target after a successful update

-s: path to progress IPC socket in case the default is not taken

-w: waits for a SWUpdate connection instead of exit with error

-q: don't print progress bar

-h: print a help

Releases

3 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 2 times.

-q since Debian 13 (Trixie).