[CentOS] Re: kickstart post section

[Jerry Geis]

Jerry Geis wrote:
> Jerry Geis wrote:
>> Is there a way in the %post section of install to continue to have 
>> the VT3 logging but also
>> log that to a file. Somehow using tee perhaps?
>>
>> I have found --log=/tmp/post-install.log but then that shows nothing 
>> on VT3.
>> I would like to have both if possible. Log to VT and a file.
>>
>> THanks,
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>
>> Kickstart in RHEL5/CentOS 5 you can do this
>>
>> %post
>> (
>> do your stuff here
>> ) 1>/root/kickstart-post-install.log 2>&1
>
>
>> Not sure if older versions of RHEL/CentOS support that.
>
>> nate
>
>
> Nate,
>
> I tried the above suggestion and it did not have the desired effect.
> Everything gets logged to log file. I was hoping for a way to log to 
> the file and also still see it on the screen also.
>
> Is there a way to do that?
>
> Jerry
>
>
>
>
It looks like this:
%post
(
do your stuff here
)  2>&1 | tee /root/post-install.log

works except for 1 item.
I do a yum udpate in the post section and NONE of the data
that gets printed during the yum update was logged.
Everything else was logged just fine.

Any idea there?

Jerry
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