[85683] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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| 2 | <!--
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| 3 | manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage updatecheck
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[96300] | 4 | -->
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| 5 | <!--
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[98103] | 6 | Copyright (C) 2020-2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
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[85683] | 7 |
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[96407] | 8 | This file is part of VirtualBox base platform packages, as
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| 9 | available from https://www.virtualbox.org.
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| 10 |
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| 11 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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| 12 | modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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| 13 | as published by the Free Software Foundation, in version 3 of the
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| 14 | License.
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| 15 |
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| 16 | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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| 17 | WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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| 18 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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| 19 | General Public License for more details.
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| 24 | SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
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[96300] | 25 | -->
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[93803] | 26 | <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 27 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"[
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| 28 | <!ENTITY % all.entities SYSTEM "all-entities.ent">
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| 29 | %all.entities;
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| 30 | ]>
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[85683] | 31 | <refentry id="vboxmanage-updatecheck" lang="en">
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| 32 | <refentryinfo>
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| 33 | <pubdate>$Date: 2023-04-21 21:59:02 +0000 (Fri, 21 Apr 2023) $</pubdate>
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| 34 | <title>VBoxManage updatecheck</title>
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| 35 | </refentryinfo>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <refmeta>
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| 38 | <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-updatecheck</refentrytitle>
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| 39 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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| 40 | </refmeta>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <refnamediv>
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| 43 | <refname>VBoxManage-updatecheck</refname>
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[94643] | 44 | <refpurpose>Checks for a newer version of VirtualBox</refpurpose>
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[93707] | 45 | <refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
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[85683] | 46 | </refnamediv>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <refsynopsisdiv>
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[85777] | 49 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-updatecheck-perform"> <!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
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[85683] | 50 | <command>VBoxManage updatecheck perform</command>
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[85780] | 51 | <arg>--machine-readable</arg>
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[85683] | 52 | </cmdsynopsis>
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[94643] | 53 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-updatecheck-list">
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| 54 | <command>VBoxManage updatecheck list</command>
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[85780] | 55 | <arg>--machine-readable</arg>
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[85683] | 56 | </cmdsynopsis>
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[94643] | 57 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-updatecheck-modify">
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| 58 | <command>VBoxManage updatecheck modify</command>
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[85683] | 59 | <group>
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| 60 | <arg choice="plain">--disable</arg>
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| 61 | <arg choice="plain">--enable</arg>
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| 62 | </group>
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[94643] | 63 | <arg>--channel=<replaceable>stable | withbetas | all</replaceable></arg>
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[85683] | 64 | <arg>--frequency=<replaceable>days</replaceable></arg>
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| 65 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 66 | </refsynopsisdiv>
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| 67 |
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[99513] | 68 | <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-updatecheck-description">
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[85683] | 69 | <title>Description</title>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <para>The <command>updatecheck</command> subcommand is used to check if a newer
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| 72 | version of VirtualBox is available. The two subcommand options of <command>updatecheck</command>
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| 73 | are used for modifying or viewing the settings associated with checking for a newer version
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| 74 | of VirtualBox.</para>
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| 75 |
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[85777] | 76 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-updatecheck-perform">
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| 77 | <title>updatecheck perform</title>
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[85683] | 78 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
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| 79 | <para>
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[94643] | 80 | Checks if a newer version of VirtualBox is available.
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[85683] | 81 | </para>
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[85780] | 82 | <variablelist>
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| 83 | <varlistentry>
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| 84 | <term><option>--machine-readable</option></term><listitem><para>Machine readable output.</para></listitem>
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| 85 | </varlistentry>
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| 86 | </variablelist>
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[85683] | 87 | </refsect2>
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| 88 |
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[94643] | 89 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-updatecheck-list">
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| 90 | <title>updatecheck list</title>
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[85683] | 91 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
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| 92 | <para>
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[94643] | 93 | Displays the current settings used for specifying when to check for a newer version of VirtualBox.
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[85683] | 94 | </para>
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[85780] | 95 | <variablelist>
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| 96 | <varlistentry>
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| 97 | <term><option>--machine-readable</option></term><listitem><para>Machine readable output.</para></listitem>
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| 98 | </varlistentry>
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| 99 | </variablelist>
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[85683] | 100 | </refsect2>
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| 101 |
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[94643] | 102 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-updatecheck-modify">
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| 103 | <title>updatecheck modify</title>
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[85683] | 104 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
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| 105 | <para>
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[94643] | 106 | Modifies the settings used for specifying when to check for a newer version of VirtualBox.
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[85683] | 107 | </para>
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| 108 | <variablelist>
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| 109 | <varlistentry>
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| 110 | <term><option>--enable</option></term><listitem><para>Enable the update check service.</para></listitem>
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| 111 | </varlistentry>
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| 112 | <varlistentry>
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| 113 | <term><option>--disable</option></term><listitem><para>Disable the update check service.</para></listitem>
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| 114 | </varlistentry>
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| 115 | <varlistentry>
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[94643] | 116 | <term><option>--channel=stable | withbetas | all</option></term>
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[85683] | 117 | <listitem><para>The preferred release type used for determining whether a newer version of VirtualBox is available. The default is 'stable'.</para>
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| 118 | <variablelist>
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| 119 | <varlistentry>
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| 120 | <term><option>stable</option></term>
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[94643] | 121 | <listitem><para>Checks for newer stable releases (maintenance and minor releases within the same major release) of VirtualBox.</para> </listitem>
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[85683] | 122 | </varlistentry>
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| 123 | <varlistentry>
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[94643] | 124 | <term><option>all</option></term>
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| 125 | <listitem><para>Checks for newer stable releases (maintenance and minor releases within the same major release) and major releases of VirtualBox.</para></listitem>
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[85683] | 126 | </varlistentry>
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| 127 | <varlistentry>
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| 128 | <term><option>withbetas</option></term>
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[94643] | 129 | <listitem><para>Checks for newer stable releases (maintenance and minor releases within the same major release), major releases, and beta releases of VirtualBox.</para></listitem>
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[85683] | 130 | </varlistentry>
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| 131 | </variablelist>
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| 132 | </listitem>
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| 133 | </varlistentry>
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| 134 | <varlistentry>
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| 135 | <term><option>--frequency=days</option></term>
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[94643] | 136 | <listitem><para>Specifies how often in days to check for a newer version of VirtualBox.</para></listitem>
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[85683] | 137 | </varlistentry>
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[94756] | 138 | <varlistentry>
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| 139 | <term><option>--proxy-mode=system | manual | none</option></term>
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| 140 | <listitem><para>Specifies the proxy mode to use.</para></listitem>
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| 141 | </varlistentry>
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| 142 | <varlistentry>
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| 143 | <term><option>--proxy-url=<address></option></term>
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| 144 | <listitem><para>Specifies the proxy address to use. Set to empty string to clear proxy address.</para></listitem>
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| 145 | </varlistentry>
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[85683] | 146 | </variablelist>
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| 147 | </refsect2>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | </refsect1>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | </refentry>
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