[TYPO3-english] download fresh extension list per cli

[Xavier Perseguers]

Hi,

> my goal is to have the extension list updated every 12hrs regardless of
> me being logged in.
> 
> two questions appear:
> 
> 1) are there security issues with that approach? (cli -> tools access !=
> cli -> admin)

I don't think so as long as you don't update the extensions themselves 
automatically.

> 2) is there some way to implement it? (maybe tx_gabriel could come in
> handy there)

I definitively would do something with gabriel, or better its 
integration in core with name scheduler.

> how should a trigger like that look like?

I don't know how to trigger the update itself but if you read code from 
EM and see what the click on the update button does, you should be able 
to call it from "outside", namely from your ext. Your ext would then be 
called every x hours depending on how you registered it in scheduler.

The scheduler itself requires 1 cron job entry and that's it for all 
extensions relying on it.

HTH

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Xavier Perseguers
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