>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 02:19:30 +1000,
>> John Salvo <jmsalvo@yahoo.com.au> said:

> Tony Curtis wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 03:40:00 GMT, John Salvo
>>>> <jmsalvo@yahoo.com.au> said:
>>
>>> Tony Curtis wrote:
>>>> To Sun: how about adding a progress counter for
>>>> install_cluster? At the moment you just see
>>>> Installing 110723-06... Installing 110460-30... or
>>>> similar. What about? Installing 110723-06 (104 of
>>>> 128)... Installing 110460-30 (105 of 128)... Could
>>>> install_cluster also provide a better exit code
>>>> report than just the exit code? The various codes
>>>> (e.g. 2, 8, ...) have meanings, so why not print out
>>>> the explanatory text too? t
>>
>>> What's wrong with
>>> /var/sadm/install_data/<cluster_name>_log ?
>> Nothing per se, it's just that sometimes I am patching
>> the system in single-user mode remotely through a
>> serial connection and it would be nice to see a
>> progress indicator in that window. t

> ./install_<cluster_name> & tail -f
> /var/sadm/install_data/<cluster_name>log

Yes, but neither output shows how *far* into the patch
sequence you are. Currently I compare the output with the
patch_order file, but adding a count-o-meter to
install_cluster is trivial and would make it obvious how
many patches remain.