How to save output when working in runlevel 3 (Lenny)

2010-03-17 Thread Nigel Henry
Hi Folks. I've got a whole bunch of updates for Lenny, including a load of X stuff, which I don't like installing while X is running. I save all the update output from the konsole in my history-files for future reference. Is there a way to save the output when working in runlevel 3? Thanks.

Re: How to save output when working in runlevel 3 (Lenny)

2010-03-17 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:27:48 -0400 (EDT), Nigel Henry wrote: I've got a whole bunch of updates for Lenny, including a load of X stuff, which I don't like installing while X is running. I save all the update output from the konsole in my history-files for future reference. Is there a way

Re: How to save output when working in runlevel 3 (Lenny)

2010-03-17 Thread Mart Frauenlob
On 17.03.2010 16:27, Nigel Henry wrote: Hi Folks. I've got a whole bunch of updates for Lenny, including a load of X stuff, which I don't like installing while X is running. I save all the update output from the konsole in my history-files for future reference. Is there a way to save

Re: How to save output when working in runlevel 3 (Lenny)

2010-03-17 Thread Alex Bennee
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 21 | tee your_logfile man tee - for details Yet another option is running your upgrade within a

Re: How to save output when working in runlevel 3 (Lenny)

2010-03-17 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:03:16 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: I think what you're asking is How do I save a copy of my terminal output when I'm not logged on via xterm (or some equivalent program)? Is that what you are asking? If that is what you want to do, the script command works well