X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Fw: 1.7.7: window cuts off output / saving output X-KeepSent: 6333FB03:7FF6CAC3-8525782B:005B9162; type=4; name=$KeepSent Message-ID: From: RISINGP1 AT nationwide DOT com Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:44:05 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com >On Feb 2 11:13, Rachel Trent wrote: >> I have a seemingly simple problem that I either haven't found the >> answer to or I didn't understand the answer when I saw it. I presume >> I'm not describing it with the correct terminology... >> >> Short version: >> In layman's terms, the Cygwin window cuts off at the top, and I'd like >> to know if the output that's been cut off is forever lost or if I >> might be able to save it to a file or view it some other way. >> >> Long version: >> Within a larger script, I copied over a thousand files from one server >> to another using the following command: >> cp -R -n -p -v "$package" "$destination" | tee -a "$destination"/copiedfiles.txt In the future, to capture the errors as well: cp -R -n -p -v "$package" "$destination" 2>&1 | 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. > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple