If you use the svn subversion tool to update source tree or ports tree, you want to have a possibility to look back what was pulled, pushed and droped you can use a Log File to monitor the update scripts. This helps if you temporarily log out the Terminal Sessions for a Coffee break.
Howto:
- Login to FreeBSD via SSH
- Use a tmux program like screen or tmux, if not installed, then install it. This allows ongoing operations on disconnects
- Run on the Terminal
$tmux
- Run
$sudo svn update /usr/src > /home/updates/svn.log #exit STRG+B then press "d" detach
- The svn script goes on at background and write the output to the svn.log
- To read at realtime the log do
$tail -f /home/updates/svn.log #remark this allow no interaction!
- Later you can read the Log again to view what files were, dropped, updated, created. This helps to find MAJOR CHANGES!