#Check Reboot required

#Introduction

Check if a reboot is required. It works for Centos and Debian/ Ubuntu.

If the reboot is required:

• On Centos it shows the kernel number that will be installed,
• On Debian/ Ubuntu it shows the packages that require the reboot,

#Syntax

$ check_reboot_required [-h]

#Parameters

OPTIONS:

    -h or --help   show this help.

PARAMETERS:

    None

#Examples

#No reboot needed

./check_reboot_required 
OK: [centos] no reboot required (kernel is up to date: 4.18.0-500.el8.x86_64)

#Reboot needed

On CentOs we check an updated kernel

./check_reboot_required 
WARNING: [centos] need to reboot for kernel package   kernel is not installed (current: 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64)

#Not supported OS: unknown

./check_reboot_required
UNKNOWN: distro [manjaro] was detected but is not supported (yet).