Checking for "reboot required"

[Darcy Casselman]

This won't help if you're trying to write a script or something, but
if you start up byobu, it'll tell you if you need to reboot (and if
there are updates available).

Darcy.

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
> Hi all: How can I tell from the command line if a reboot is required after
> updates?
>
> After a kernel update the Shutdown icon in the Gnome panel changes colour,
> and logging into a terminal shows the message "Reboot is required".  What is
> the file to read or command to run to get this info?
>
> --Bob.
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