Sunday, June 14, 2009

Shutdown after Update in ubuntu

last two weeks i was busy in my exams and ubuntu wanted to download alot of updates..that is normal but for people with low connection speed having alot of updates is not that nice...as i will have to leave the computer open for a long time and offcourse i will not be able to use the Internet as the update-manager draws all the speed..so i decided to leave it open and go some where but i found no option in ubuntu update manager to close the computer after finishing updates so i created this small python script that will shutdown the computer after finishing all the updates and here it is...


import time
import os
import getpass
password = getpass.getpass('please enter your password : ')
x = os.popen('ps -ef | grep "/usr/bin/gksu --desktop /usr/share/applications/update-manager.desktop"')
s=x.readline()
x.close()
if s.find("grep") == -1 :
 running=True
 print "updating manager is working..."

 while(running):
   x = os.popen('ps -ef | grep "/usr/bin/gksu --desktop /usr/share/applications/update-manager.desktop"')
   s=x.readline()
   x.close()
   time.sleep(10)
   print "still working..."
   if s.find("grep") != -1 :
    running=False
  
  os.popen("sudo -S shutdown -h 5", 'w').write(password)



Script usage is very simple :
just lunch the update manager and start the update process as usual then open a terminal and lunch the script (python "scriptname.py")
you will have then to write your password it is only used to call the shutdown command (i promise :D ) then you can go to sleep :D and the script will do the rest...
after finishing updates the script will give you 5 min to cancel the shutdown proccess if you have changed your mind...
hope you found this script useful

9 comments:

Am said...

well , this is nice :)

is there a reason you chose python or you just wanted to write in python ?

Thanks for sharing this :)

Ahmed Kotb said...

there are three reasons why i have choosen python:
-fun and easy
-learning something new
-installed by default in many linux distros

aboelnour said...

salam 3alikom
nice idea
but 2 questions:
1)as python is a dynamic oop language
can i use any language?
2)can i use the same idea for other OS?
-------------
"Expected" ans:P
1)no
1)no

Ahmed Kotb said...

answers :D
----------
1- sure u can use any language but python is the easiest i think...

2-sure but offcourse you will have to change things in the script...

Anonymous said...

Hi,

Just a small correction

The last line indentation should be along the while statement .....

Thanks for the script though !

link:http://surajitray.com

aboelnour said...

# apt-get -y --fix-broken update ; apt-get dist-upgrade ; poweroff
مش عارف إيه اللي فكرني بالبوست ده
:)

Anonymous said...

I runned the script and it tried to shutdown the computer before the update was complete...
I think
"os.popen("sudo -S shutdown -h 5", 'w').write(password)"
should be outside "while(running):"

btw, nice script :)

Ahmed Kotb said...

@Anonymous

glad that you have liked the script , and you are right the last line should be out of the while block , an extra space was added by mistake , i will fix it

thiyagi said...

thanks...

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