#!/bin/sh

_updates_available="0"
_target_file="/tmp/pacman-update-count"
_user="ray"

pacman -Sy
_query_output=$(pacman -Qu)

# TODO - get update count from above
echo "$_query_output"

# check $_updates_available is algebraically equal to itself (i.e., is a number)
# https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/151655
if ! [ "$_updates_available" -eq "$_updates_available" ] 2> /dev/null ; then
  _updates_available="-1"
fi

echo "$_updates_available" > "$_target_file"
chown "$_user": "$_target_file"