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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Output of "emerge -NDpvu world"
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:39:53
Message-Id: 4C7ED61D.5030406@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Output of "emerge -NDpvu world" by Kevin O'Gorman
1 Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
2 > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Paul Hartman
3 > <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com
4 > <mailto:paul.hartman%2Bgentoo@×××××.com>> wrote:
5 >
6 > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:18 AM, econti <contiemilio@×××××.it
7 > <mailto:contiemilio@×××××.it>> wrote:
8 > > Hi all
9 > > is it possible to page the output of "emerge -NDpvu world" in a
10 > terminal?
11 > > 'emerge -NDpvu world | more' does not work.
12 >
13 > If you use screen you can then use the scrollback it provides
14 >
15 > Or adjust your terminal preferences to have a lot of scrollback room.
16 > The defaults tend to be in the range of 0 to 500 lines. I often set
17 > the value to 30,000 or more, with no noticeable bad effects.
18 >
19 >
20 > --
21 > Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
22 >
23
24 Hmmm, whatever you set it to, you will be a few lines short. The error
25 will always be just above what you can scroll back to. lol
26
27 Dale
28
29 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Output of "emerge -NDpvu world" Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org>