montefin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Raghavendra, > > Great idea. Yes, I just did it, as root, using the following commands: > > # cd /var/cache/apt > # mkdir sim-logs > # apt-get --simulate dist-upgrade | cat > sim-logs/apt-sim.txt
This is a bit more complicated than it needs to be. Simply: apt-get -s dist-upgrade > sim-logs/apt-sim.txt 2>&1 will redirect the output (both stdout and stderr) to the file, assuming you're using bash, or another Bourne shell, as your shell. > then > > # less sim-logs/apt-sim.txt > > to read it. Gary
