CTAN has a new package: miktex_update

[CTAN Announcements]

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008, Josef Kleber submitted the

  miktex_update

package to CTAN.

Location on CTAN: /support/miktex_update
Summary description: A cygwin bash script for automatic updating and installing new packages of MiKTeX
License type: lppl
 
Announcement text: 
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The miktex_update script offers automatic updating and installing of
new packages of an existing MiKTeX installation. It supports direct connection
with online repositories of the MiKTeX server network, as well as
synchronizing a local repository (CTAN) with following update. In the end
you should have an up-to-date and complete MiKTeX installation.

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Das Script miktex_update bietet automatisches Updaten und Installieren
neuer Pakete einer existierenden MiKTeX-Installation. Es unterstützt
die direkte Verbindung mit Online-Repositories des MiKTeX-Servernetzwerks,
als auch das Synchronisieren eines lokalen Repository (CTAN)
mit anschließendem Update. Nach Abschluß des Scripts sollte man eine
aktuelle und vollständige MiKTeX-Installation vorfinden.
 
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This package is located at 
   http://mirror.ctan.org/support/miktex_update/
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=miktex_update
(if the package is new it may take a day for that information to 
appear).  We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .  
Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
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Thanks for the upload.

For the CTAN Team
  Rainer Schöpf