[olug] Logging

[Jay Swackhamer]

I usually build a logfile/text file so that someone else could
install/re-create a setup that I've got working without doing
all of the research to get an involved application up and running.....

i.e. DVDRIP
great software with alot of dependent software required........

example
http://downloads.reboottheuser.com/rtu/rtu_rpms/video_sw/dvdrip/install.txt


could save someone else alot of time.......or yourself if you ever
need to re-create something..........


>
>
> Have you ever read an e-mail on the olug list,
> disregared it, then a week later something calls you
> attention back to it, and you have to go back to the
> archives to read it again?
>
> This happened to me when I was talking to a co-worker,
> who does alot of admin. work on Oracle servers.  This
> guy, a person who has been in the computer field along
> time, logs everything, any reboot or upgrade in a
> notebook.
>
> The reason I bring this up cause I remember Mozilla
> Yet No Java thread,
> http://lists.olug.org/pipermail/olug/2003-February/001886.html,
> and fellow OLUGER, Robert A. Jacobs replied and said
> he logged his attempt of installing a java plugin for
> Mozilla.  I never though of doing this until I saw the
> co-worker and Robert's reply.
>
> My question is, how many on the list go thru this much
> detail of logging by hand into a file or notebook,
> when they install a new or remove a package,
> application crash, or anything else?
>
> I can see this as be a great practice and gives you a
> trail to follow if you need to troublshoot, but part
> of me thinks this is way to anal and is it worth the
> trouble?
>
>
> -Chris
>
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Jay Swackhamer

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