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Re: 1.7.7: window cuts off output / saving output
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 17:36:59 +0100
- Subject: Re: 1.7.7: window cuts off output / saving output
- References: <AANLkTik3fYVoeP97HrDwP8h3-jBbAr4qmco7EasOTECg@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTimr-ofHogw+VRXw+fM58wgfyAB1M31HJh1u-PjQ@mail.gmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Feb 2 11:13, Rachel Trent wrote:
> I have a seemingly simple problem that I either haven't found the
> answer to or I didn't understand the answer when I saw it. I presume
> I'm not describing it with the correct terminology...
>
> Short version:
> In layman's terms, the Cygwin window cuts off at the top, and I'd like
> to know if the output that's been cut off is forever lost or if I
> might be able to save it to a file or view it some other way.
>
> Long version:
> Within a larger script, I copied over a thousand files from one server
> to another using the following command:
> cp -R -n -p -v "$package" "$destination" | tee -a "$destination"/copiedfiles.txt
>
> However, several files failed to copy due to permissions issues/etc,
> and the copiedfiles.txt file does not include the error information.
> The onscreen output does include this information (due to using the -v
> verbose option), however I can only scroll up to see about 300 lines
> of information (surprise! I wasn't expecting this). My question is:
> can I somehow access the output that was cut off?
This is not a Cygwin problem. The scrollback buffer is provided by the
underying Windows console. You can change that in the console window
properties dialog.
Corinna
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