Re: logging apt-get sessions?

[Ralph Katz <ralph.katz@rcn.com>]

On 08/28/04 14:30, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
> What are people using to log apt-get sessions for installs?
>
> I could use screen CTL-A SHT-H but I want something I could setup
> in a script as well.  I want to start doing a rsync backup as well
> and would like a way I could log both (apt-get and rsync)  to a file.
>
> Lance


I've logged apt-get sessions 2 ways:

script
apt-get ...

and,

apt-get ... | tee <file>

There's always the terminal scroll buffer to review or save.

Also you can grep your /var/log/auth.log for recent apt-get actions.

Regards,
Ralph