UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

if i have a program (example admintool), if i want to keep a log of what i did in admintool,
can i do this admintool > admintool_log.

i have tried but the system just waits there....
then i did a kill and see the file.
the file has the main menu screen...

basically, i want to keep a log of what is being done, chosen (in programs not only admintool) for those programs which dont keep a log.

thanks

I'm not exactly sure how to do what you want to do, but what's going on with the way you're doing it now is all output is being directed to admintool_log. So the menu that would normally display onscreen is being written into the file. And the apparent hangup is most likely just the program waiting for you to type in your option from the menu.. which you can't see!

You can add your own applications to your SAM type tool. On HPUX, I can add tools. If you have HP or Sun they both have a Help tool that is either a tui or gui.


Also, I believe you can script a daemon that will capture the command line each time you execute a command. it would have to be in the startup scripts and in /etc/inittab and have respawn enabled.

gulp..... that looks tough.. went to sam, but didnt see anything like type tool kind of stuff

what i want to achieve.. like say oracle.

is it possible to have a log file of whatever i did in svrmgrl. some applicatoins have already did that into their own programs. However, for some, they dont.. so i was thinking as UNix pple like us, we can come up with anything?

thanks