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I let a make command running last night when connected via SSH to a remote machine. Then had to close that SSH session, letting make run.

How can I check the last printed messages on the console (to know if no error was issued)?

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    How did you let the process continue running after disconnection? Using nohup disown? Or inside a terminal multiplexer like screen or tmux? In the latter case, the output could be recoverable by just browsing the terminal buffer history, depending on the max buffer limit.
    – user13742
    Dec 19, 2013 at 15:20
  • So after closing the SSH session the make command "closes" whit it. Thought the command would keep running =\ Thanks!
    – bulkmoustache
    Dec 19, 2013 at 15:26
  • if you used nohup without i/o redirection look in nohup.out
    – hildred
    Dec 19, 2013 at 22:57

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What I would recommend is to prepeare in advance, and run the command as follows:

nohup make install >> /var/log/messages &

or, another option, install screen. Before running the command create a new screen with screen command. When coming back, type screen -r, or screen -r <screenid> if you have several screens opened to log back in to the session and see all messages printed.

Both of these commands require that you run the commands differently and I don't think they can help you if you already run the command as you did and wish to see its results now.

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