Re: Was: Ric Moore

["Karl E. Jorgensen" <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>]

Hi

On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 09:13:20AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Gene Heskett wrote:
> >On Sunday 18 January 2015 18:21:02 Mart van de Wege did opine
> >[SNIP]
> >>
> >>apt-get remove network-manager seems to work just fine for me.
> >>
> >>Mart
> >
> >I have attempted that, several times in the past 5 or 6 years.  The list
> >of stuff it will also remove is usually several printed pages, IF you
> >could actually get a printout. Unfortunately, you can't even copy/paste
> >for a record from that screen by any method but a screen snapshot series.
> >[snip]
> 
> I had a similar problem some time back.
> Someone pointed me to a utility that saved everything sent to a
> console window.
> It was not "redirection" nor a "pipe" as the console retained all
> its functionality.
> 
> The procedure was:
>   start the utility in the console specifying a destination file
>   run arbitrary number of commands
>      [the utility recording input keystrokes and resulting output]
>   terminate the utility
>   close console if desired
> 
> I understand the typical use of the utility is in a classroom
> situation where instructor needs to see exactly what the student
> did. I know I saved the message but I can't come up with keywords to
> retrieve it.

That sounds like the "script" command - it's in the bsdutils package
which should be installed by default.
-- 
Karl E. Jorgensen