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Install the unattended-upgrades package

$ sudo apt-get install unattended-upgrades 

Edit the periodic configuration

$ sudo nano /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic

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#!/bin/sh
BASEFOLDER=/home/vbox/backups

for VMNAME in $(VBoxManage list runningvms | cut -d ' ' -f1 | sed 's/"//g;')
do
    echo ""
    VBoxManage controlvm "$VMNAME" acpipowerbutton

    echo "Waiting for VM "$VMNAME" to poweroff..."
    until $(VBoxManage showvminfo --machinereadable "$VMNAME" | grep -q ^VMState=.poweroff.)

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#!/bin/bash
# Copyright (C) 2012 Vít Šesták <v6ak.com>
# This program is free software. It comes without any warranty, to
# the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it
# and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want
# To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See
# http://www.wtfpl.net/ for more details.

# This utility notifies about completed messages of Task spooler (see http://viric.name/soft/ts/).
# Just add the path to this utility to $TS_ONFINISH.