On 17 March 2010 16:36, Mart Frauenlob <mart.frauen...@chello.at> wrote: > On 17.03.2010 16:27, Nigel Henry wrote: >> Is there a way to save the output when working in runlevel 3? > i'd do: > > your_command 2>&1 | tee your_logfile > > man tee - for details
Yet another option is running your upgrade within a GNU Screen session [1], by default Ctrl-A H will start logging the output to a log file. I find screen incredibly useful as it keeps things alive if your X server crashes. I also tend to run screen sessions on remote servers that I can attach/detach to when required. It's a program that well worth getting to know </evangelism> [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ -- Alex, homepage: http://www.bennee.com/~alex/ http://www.half-llama.co.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/b2cdc9f31003171000s2296ff33n71cfdca69d3ae...@mail.gmail.com