On Sun, 2007-01-07 at 23:20 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote: > On Sunday 07 January 2007 23:29, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-01-07 at 19:40 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote: > > > On Sunday 07 January 2007 18:24, Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote: > > > > El Domingo, 7 de Enero de 2007 18:09, Nigel Henry escribió: > > > > > I can ssh into my other machine ok, and can edit files, etc, which is > > > > > no problem. > > > > > > > > > > What I would like to do is to have access to what is currently > > > > > displayed on the CLI (Konsole) on machine B. As an example. I run > > > > > apt-get update, then apt-get dist-upgrade on machine B, which runs to > > > > > completion. The history is still on the CLI. I now need to post the > > > > > history from the CLI on machine B to a mailing list. The email client > > > > > (Kmail) is on machine A. > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to display the history that's on the CLI on machine B > > > > > on machine A, so that I can simply highlight the text, then paste it > > > > > to Kmails composer on machine A? > > > > > > > > > > Both machines are next to one another, but at the moment I have to > > > > > save the CLI history on machine B as a text file, ssh into B from A, > > > > > and use nano to display the text file, before I can highlight, and > > > > > paste the text into Kmails composer. > > > > > > > > > > Nigel. > > > > > > > > Well, If I didn't misunderstand your scenario, what if you use, for > > > > instace > > > > > > > > >> in order to redirect output of machine B and then copy it to machine > > > > >> A? > > > > > > > > By scp or whatever. > > > > That's to say, using your example above: 'apt-get update && apt-get > > > > dist-upgrade >> foo.txt' > > > > > > I may be wrong, but don't think that will work. I have already run > > > apt-get update, and apt-get dist-upgrade, and the upgrade has completed. > > > All I have left on the CLI is the output from what has been done. If I > > > run those commands again I will have an output showing no further > > > updates. > > > > > > > Maybe you could use 'screen -RD', which will allow you to see what > > > > happened on machine B even if you're not in front of the computer of > > > > machine A, or just machine A is not turned on. > > > > I supposed you to know how screen works, don't you? > > > > > > No I'm not familiar with screen. > > > > > > Perhaps I didn't explain the problem too well. I need to be able to view > > > what is currently displayed on the CLI (KDE's Konsole) on machine B. I am > > > working on machine A, and need to view KDE's Konsole on machine B. > > > > > > Nigel. > > > > One of us is confused. If you ssh from B to A then what you do on A is > > seen in the terminal window on B. I assume the reason you just don't > > copy it from the terminal window on B into your kmail mail message is > > you can't see all of the putput at the same time. Another option is the > > script command which will allow everything that happens in the terminal > > window be captured in a file called typescript. > > > > -- > > Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Ok. I'll try this again. I have text on machine B's Konsole, and wish to view > this text from machine A so that I can use some of it as a reply to a mailing > list. If I downloaded email to machine B, as well as machine A this wouldn't > be a problem, but I don't, and all the email arrives on machine A. > > This would appear to be a lost cause, and wish I hadn't started this thread, > but that's the way it goes I suppose. > > Nigel. Hi, Nigel, If the data is still on the screen (has not scrolled off), then you might be able to do a screen capture to retrieve it as a graphic. You might read up on how to accomplish that. I thik, though, if you have somehow logged into the users machine, set the display to his, run snapshot and save it as a file, then return to your display you may be able to pull it off. It would probably have to be a snapshot of the entire screen, and would no doubt require editing, but it would all be there. Regards, Les H
