On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 04:49:27PM -0700, Kelly Jones wrote: > I often use "make -DBATCH install" to install ports. > > Problem: many ports spew out a warning/todo message after you install > them (eg, "you must manually create an x user" or something). > > Since ports install "recursively", I miss most of these messages. > > Can I tell ports to store these messages for me somewhere? > > Obviously, I can "make -DBATCH install > /tmp/outfile", but that'll > log all the "install", "test", etc commands that I don't want to see: > I just want to see the warnings at the end of each install.
Check out script(1) It is not perfect, but it will put a copy of everything in and out in to a file that you can peruse later. There may be other ways, but this is easy. ////jerry > > -- > We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying > to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to > new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"