On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 06:45:32PM +0300, Abdullah Ramazanoglu wrote: > On Wed, 25 Apr 2018 09:19:13 -0500 Richard Owlett said: > > > I have two questions: > > 1. What should replace "????" as I'll be using DVD1 of Debian 9.1.0 > > as my "repository"? > > 2. As I expect the console display may exceed the scroll back limits, > > I wish to pipe the console display for later reference without > > impeding answering any prompts I get. I've seen a description for > > doing that, but I can't remember it. Pointers? > > No idea about (1), but for (2) you can use this: > > ~# command 2>&1 | tee command.log > > With "tee" you create/squash the output file anew. With "tee -a" you append to > it.
Or run the commands inside a screen(1) session. That's what the release notes advise for distribution upgrades.
