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From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
To: Stan Halprin <stanhalprin@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Clutz-Proof Logging
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Stan Halprin <stanhalprin@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 747478Hi;
> I know I'm a clutz but I'm sick and tired of doing some stupid thing
> that crashes my server, then trying to figure out what I did. Is there
> something out there that could log everything I did so that I could
> review it each time I shoot myself in the foot?

Many shells keep a history as a matter of normal operation.  You might
find that enough for you.  Personally, I use bash, and the command
"history" brings the last 100 commands or so.

HTH,
Bill