diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+logs/*
+!logs/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/alias b/alias
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+alias update-code-server='/bin/bash /home/zino/projects/update-code-server/update-code-server.sh'
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diff --git a/logs/.gitkeep b/logs/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/update-code-server.sh b/update-code-server.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+is_running() {
+        # check if running
+        me="$(basename "$0")";
+        result=$(ps aux | grep -i $me | grep -v "grep" | wc -l)
+        echo "running: $result"
+        if [ $result -gt 4 ]
+        then
+                exit
+        fi
+}
+
+is_root() {
+        if [[ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]]
+        then echo "Please run as root"
+        exit
+        fi
+}
+
+main_function() {
+        is_running
+        is_root
+
+        export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/go/bin"
+
+        #curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --dry-run # dry-run
+        curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh # install
+
+        #systemctl disable code-server@root # disable automatically created service
+
+        systemctl restart code-server
+}
+
+ROOTDIR=/home/zino/projects/update-code-server
+STATUSFILE=$ROOTDIR/logs/$(date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S").log
+echo "$STATUSFILE"
+
+# log everything, but also output to stdout
+main_function 2>&1 | tee -a "$STATUSFILE"
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