Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 17:40:11 -0700 From: James Long <list@museum.rain.com> To: boxend@swbell.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remote upgrade Message-ID: <20030501174011.A96504@ns.museum.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <3EB13FE5.5372.1B4CC40@localhost>; from boxend@swbell.net on Thu, May 01, 2003 at 03:40:21PM -0500 References: <3EB13FE5.5372.1B4CC40@localhost>
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On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 03:40:21PM -0500, boxend@swbell.net wrote: > When doing a remote upgrade, what is the best way to force the process into the > background, in case the dialup line for ssh session dies before buildworld finishes. Ensure that /tmp/ has free space to hold a few Megabytes of output, and use: # make buildworld >/tmp/make_bw.out 2>&1 & Then you can monitor the progress of the make by examining /tmp/make_bw.out # tail -f /tmp/make_bw.out Control-C will terminate tail, and return you to a shell prompt, while the make continues to run in the background. This is not as sophisticated as using screen, but simpler, and does not require installing any additional software.
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