# Child\_process.exec \[deginner need help\]

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/child-process-exec-deginner-need-help/30265>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [17 July 2020 15:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/child-process-exec-deginner-need-help/30265 "2020-07-17T15:01:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![SuperNinja](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/superninja/32/5761_2.png) [@SuperNinja](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SuperNinja)\
**Post date:** [17 July 2020 16:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/child-process-exec-deginner-need-help/30265/5 "2020-07-17T16:34:56Z")

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the goal is to display on the Dashboard if a new version of NR is available online :

> [@\[EDIT\] Displays if a new Node-Red update is available online, and update it from the Dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/displays-if-a-new-node-red-online-update-is-available/30061):
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> This flow will search every 7 days if there is a new online version of Node-Red on [https://nodered.org/](https://nodered.org/). If that is the case, [EDIT] : In this new version : 1. Indicates whether a new online version is available. Click on it to start the update : [image] 2. A wheel that turns to make you wait : [image] 3. When the update is complete, you can select: either an automatic restart of NR or (by default) a popup which proposes if you want to restart (or not) in addition to indicating the time ta…

and if there is one, be able to update always from the Dashboard by clicking on a button which executes the update command or script.  
Indeed, we do not see the errors but it avoids connecting to ssh and typing in the terminal to the update command.

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