check_arch_updates

monitoring plugin to check available updates for arch linux

check_arch_updates

Similar to check_apt for debian, a small script that shows the number of open updates for an ArchLinux or Artix Linux.

usage

# check_arch_updates
CRITICAL  13 packages available for upgrade

  tzdata-2019c-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
  containerd-1.3.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
  e2fsprogs-1.45.4-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
  gc-8.0.4-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
  systemd-libs-243.51-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
  iproute2-5.3.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
  libtasn1-4.14-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
  python-docker-pycreds-0.4.0-3-any.pkg.tar.xz
  shared-mime-info-1.14-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
  systemd-243.51-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
  syslog-ng-3.23.1-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
  systemd-sysvcompat-243.51-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
  unrar-1:5.8.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz