embossupdate
Function
Description
embossupdate checks for the latest EMBOSS updates and reports
if a more recent version is available.
Algorithm
The EMBOSS webite maintains a page for the latest release with all
fixes available as patches or as new distributions.
embossupdate reads this page and reports a description of any
changes and instructions for updating. These are read from the updates
page and subject to change.
If no later version is found embossupdate reports success.
Usage
Command line arguments
Input file format
embossupdate reads a page from the EMBOSS website at
http://emboss.open-bio.org/updates/EMBOSS.fixes for a Unix version, and
http://emboss.open-bio.org/updates/mEMBOSS.fixes for Windows releases.
Output file format
embossupdate reports any more recent updates, or reports that
the current version is up to date.
Data files
None.
Notes
None.
References
None.
Warnings
None.
Diagnostic Error Messages
None.
Exit status
It always exits with status 0.
Known bugs
None.
Author(s)
History
Target users
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