Red Hat NETWORK 4.0 Reference Manual page 45

Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent
up2date -u
The command line version of the Red Hat Update Agent accepts the following arguments:
Option
,
-? --usage
,
-h --help
--arch=architecture
--channel=channel
--configure
,
-d --download
--dbpath=dir
--dry-run
,
-f --force
--firstboot
--get
--get-source
--gpg-flags
--hardware
Description
Briefly describe the available options.
List the available options and exit.
Force to install this architecture of the
up2date
package. Not valid with
.
--dry-run
Specify from which channels to update using
channel labels.
Configure Red Hat Update Agent options. Refer to
Section 2.4 Configuration for detailed instructions.
Download packages only; do not install them. This
argument temporarily overrides the configuration
option Do not install packages after retrieval. Use
this option if you prefer to install the packages
manually.
Specify an alternate RPM database to use
temporarily.
Do everything but download and install packages.
This is useful in checking dependencies and other
requirements prior to actual installation.
Force package installation. This option temporarily
overrides the file, package, and configuration skip
lists.
Pop up in the center of the screen for Firstboot.
Fetch the package specified without resolving
dependencies.
Fetch the source package specified without
resolving dependencies.
Show the flags with which GPG is invoked, such as
the keyring.
Update this system's hardware profile on RHN.
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--update --list
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