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Re: Upgrade from potato to woody?



montefin <montefin@finux.com> writes:

> Raghavendra,
> 
> Great idea. Yes, I just did it, as root, using the following commands:
> 
> # cd /var/cache/apt
> # mkdir sim-logs
> # apt-get --simulate dist-upgrade | cat > sim-logs/apt-sim.txt

This is a bit more complicated than it needs to be. Simply:

apt-get -s dist-upgrade > sim-logs/apt-sim.txt 2>&1

will redirect the output (both stdout and stderr) to the file,
assuming you're using bash, or another Bourne shell, as your shell. 

> then
> 
> # less sim-logs/apt-sim.txt
> 
> to read it.

Gary



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