On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:36 AM, Jay Ashworth <jra@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > (and I apologize that I can't copy that in; I was running under screen, and > it doesn't cooperate with scrollback well). Running inside screen is perfect for conserving scrollback, although actually getting it out is a bit tedious: - Enter copy mode: Ctrl-a Ctrl-[ (moving around: Pg-Up/Pg-Down via Ctrl-B/Ctrl-F) - Mark a selection: SPC + moving up or down - Yank: Y - Write to file: Ctrl-a :writebuf /tmp/scrlog I also tend to have this in my ~/.screenrc: defscrollback 20000 _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs