Scoop: Add scheduled scoop update *

Created on 8 Sep 2019  路  3Comments  路  Source: lukesampson/scoop

Just did another manual update and thought it will be better if scoop has an option for scheduled update. I'm somewhat lazy to make one in Task Scheduler and there is an obstacle doing that - for example checking if scoop is not running/updating or some of the apps are ...

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Perhaps a scoop command to add itself to the startup list? e.g.

scoop autoupdate enable

Would also be nice to have a periodic cleanup to empty the cache and delete all but the most recent versions of each app (with the option to keep one version prior as a backup).

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Perhaps a scoop command to add itself to the startup list? e.g.

scoop autoupdate enable

Would also be nice to have a periodic cleanup to empty the cache and delete all but the most recent versions of each app (with the option to keep one version prior as a backup).

Yes, probably a simple Yes/No question loop for each version ...

Come on, scoop has the momentum to become a perfect substitute of automated linux package managers

I've just appended this to my PS profile _[C:\Users\%username%\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1]_

Read-Host -Prompt "Press ENTER to update Scoop apps, or Ctrl+C to cancel..."
scoop update *

So whenever I open a new powershell window I am reminded. Semi-auto update? :)

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