Three Quick Questions

[Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.]

To: "Troy " <freebsd at untoldfaith.com>
Cc: <freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: Three Quick Questions


> > At 15:51 2003-06-02 -0600, Troy wrote:
> >>Hello,
> >>Three quick questions here.

> >>#3
> >>When  upgrading  via  cvsup how do I tell what has changed to see
if it
> >> is worth upgrading after running the cvsup session?
> >
> > Save the output from cvsup. If you're using the GUI, just click
the save
> > button, and it will save in the "./cvsup.log" (or something like
that). If
> > you're using the command line cvsup, I cant recall any flag for
output
> > saves, but you can always use the script (man script) command,
like so...
> >
> > # script /home/youruser/yourlog.file
> > ...some info...
> > # cvsup yourcvsupfile
> > ...updating updating updating...
> > # <ctrl-d>
> > ...done...
> >
> > Now, check the /home/youruser/yourlog.file for changes and
updates.
> >
> > HTH
> > /Jalle

or:
   #cvsup yourcvsupfile >& /home/youruser/yourlog.file &

It's simple, works.

Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.