On Nov 19, 2001, 09:37 (+0100) Thomas Ribbrock wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a question on my mind: What do ye folks out there use as a system
> logbook? What I mean is something to keep notes of what RPMs you installed/
> upgraded/removed (and when), which configuration files you changed, etc.pp.
> - basically notes how you keep the system running.
>
> I've been using hand-edited HTML pages for this task since RHL 4.2, which
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
... tooo much work for me, lazy as I am :) ... I'm using a text editor
(pico/the last time mostly: emacs :)) to write down what I did ... often
just copying and pasting the command and its output from the shell into
this log file, adding the date (last point only if necessary: some
commands automatically give me the time they have been exectd., either
via the log file in /var/log/ running 'live' in a shell in 'tail -f'
mode, or, IIRC, in the shell where they've been exectd. )
... this method ('tho easy and very fast, as most of the time I have
a text editor lying about on my desktop) sometimes leaves me head
scratching when trying to read such a not so very verbose log file ...
but this 'lazy' method at least helps me to log nearly everything I
change on the system ...
BTW: I don't log rpm installs/updates, *if* I run them the default way:
this because I get info on them very quickly by simply doing a
'rpm -qa --last' ... the lazy method :) ... oops: this just gives me the
idea of doing a 'rpm -qa --last > log file' next time .. just in case the
rpm database, or whatever produces this log, will break ... :)
But I'm really looking for a method where my system does *all* the work
for logging the stuff I'm doing on it ...
Regards
Wolfgang
> have the advantage of being editable and readable in both text and GUI mode
> [ ... ]
> Thomas
>
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Computers forever ... they help the lazy :)
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