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From: James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Find out what emerge is up to in a large number of installations.
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ubiquitous1980 <nixuser1980 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> If emerge has a large number of installs to do, for example, during a
> world update, and I am in a tty, how would I find which one emerge is up to?
> 
> 

not sure what you mean about tty, but if you
have a command prompt, then:


tail -f /var/log/emerge.log


hth,
James