Which file can I find the error message that shows on the screen when I build my kernel?

Gonzalo Nemmi gnemmi at gmail.com
Sun Jun 22 19:20:37 UTC 2008


On Sunday 22 June 2008 15:17:56 Chuck Robey wrote:
> make |& tee makeout
>
> where the complete ooutput goes into the "makeout" file.  The "&" there
> doesn't take it's normal meaning of throwing the task into the background,
> instead, what it does is to capture both the regular output plus the stderr
> output.  If you don't use it, you'll get the listing UNTIL the error, and
> it won't register the error, so don't forget it, nor change it's placement.

I wasn't aware of the use of "&" !

I thought that getting a new interactive shell would force tee to record 
errors too, as it was supposed to record the whole thing, not leaving 
anything out (the errors in this case =P)
 
Thanks a lot for the tip Chuck !
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Blessings
Gonzalo Nemmi


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