Why does screen logs look the way they do? For example, when I am in in the terminal I see this:
>computer:~ user$ sudo port selfupdate > >MacPorts base version 1.700 installed >Downloaded MacPorts base version 1.700 > >The MacPorts installation is not outdated so it was not updated >computer:~ user$ But when I look in the log file it writes a new line to the log file for every character change and some more (escaped characters written to the terminal perhaps?). Basically, it tell me exactly how I got there. >-- 1:bash -- time-stamp -- Feb/15/09 12:57:26 -- > >computer:~ user$ s >computer:~ user$ s >computer:~ user$ su >computer:~ user$ su >computer:~ user$ sud >computer:~ user$ sud >... Removed a whole bunch of stuff that that follows the same pattern. (Triple dot will indicate the same thing during the rest of this message.) >... >computer:~ user$ sudo port insta >computer:~ user$ sudo port insta >computer:~ user$ sudo port instal >computer:~ user$ sudo port instal >computer:~ user$ sudo port install >computer:~ user$ sudo port install At this point i just started <-- to insert a flag. My screen still showed the full "sudo port install" but the log file only shows what is the the left of my curser. But no duplicate lines. >computer:~ user$ sudo port instal >computer:~ user$ sudo port insta >computer:~ user$ sudo port inst >computer:~ user$ sudo port ins >computer:~ user$ sudo port in >computer:~ user$ sudo port i >computer:~ user$ sudo port >computer:~ user$ sudo port -install I started inserting here. I do not know why the text to the right of the line shows up sometimes and not other times. It is always visible on my screen. >computer:~ user$ sudo port - >computer:~ user$ sudo port -vinstall >computer:~ user$ sudo port -v >computer:~ user$ sudo port -v install >computer:~ user$ sudo port -v >computer:~ user$ sudo port -v i >computer:~ user$ sudo port -v in >computer:~ user$ sudo port -v ins >computer:~ user$ sudo port -v inst >computer:~ user$ sudo port -v insta >computer:~ user$ sudo port -v instal >computer:~ user$ sudo port -v install >computer:~ user$ sudo port -v instal[K >computer:~ user$ sudo port -v instal >computer:~ user$ sudo port -v insta[K >... >... >computer:~ user$ sudo port [K >computer:~ user$ sudo port >computer:~ user$ sudo port s >... >... >computer:~ user$ sudo port selfupdate > MacPorts base version 1.700 installed Downloaded MacPorts base version 1.700 > >The MacPorts installation is not outdated so it was not updated > > >sarah:~ ctemp3$ >sarah:~ ctemp3$ I know this has to do with the way the terminal and the shell speak back and forth to each other. I can think of many many benefits to logging this way, but for my day to day activities I do not need that much data/accuracy. How can I get it where my log file actually looks like the terminal without lots of hand editing? Thanks, -- - Charles A. Templeton III _______________________________________________ screen-users mailing list screen-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users
