How to list Adobe updates in Apple Remote Desktop via Unix command?

Question

Currently I use Apple Remote Desktop(ARD) to send the following UNIX command as root:

sudo /usr/sbin/RemoteUpdateManager

to the machines remotely so Remote Update Manager opens and checks for updates, downloads and installed them. This works great!

I'm trying to figure out how to send a command to just show me a list of updates first. I looked at this post:

Which listed some actions to try but I can't get it to work. I have tried:

sudo /usr/sbin/RemoteUpdateManager --action=list.

I get the following error:

Unrecognized option : --action

Starting the RemoteUpdateManager...

Missing or Incorrect parameters.

Commandline Usage :

RemoteUpdateManager [--proxyUserName=<username> [--proxyPassword=<password>]] [--channelIds=<',' seperated channelIds>] [{-h, -help, --help}]

RemoteUpdateManager must be launched with elevated privileges.

RemoteUpdateManager exiting with Return Code (1)

Does anybody have any idea what command works that I can run to have it list the available updates?

alisterblack · Answer

The --action=list parameter does work.I initially had the same issue as you however I updated RUM and rebooted and then it worked.

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