Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 15:22:10 -0500 From: John <papalia@udel.edu> To: Joss Roots <osiris2002@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to redirect output to a file, and then tail it ? Message-ID: <4.1.19991228151945.009e0440@mail.udel.edu> In-Reply-To: <19991228200214.10498.qmail@web121.yahoomail.com>
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Your best bet is to use the "script" command... Example: merlin# script /var/log/filename Script started, output file is /var/log/filename merlin# <insert your buildworld here> <---snip output of whatever command you issued--> merlin# exit merlin# exit Script done, output file is /var/log/filename merlin# voila. Works great actually, and then you don't need to worry about redirects. --John >hi there, >this have been mentioned before somewhere >but I seem to have lost it. > >if I want to send the output of an operation >like 'make world' to a file > makeworld.log > >then be able to tail makeworld.log >to see what is happening there, what is the >operand or directive to use > >I think something like 2>1 & not sure of the >exact way though, any help ? >thanks To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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