NAME
zypper-log - Zypper logfile reader
SYNOPSIS
zypper-log [OPTIONS] [PID]
DESCRIPTION
zypper-log can read zypper’s logfiles. It can also handle rotated logfiles, and will open plain, xz, gz and bz2-compressed files.
By default /var/log/zypper.log will be read and a list of all zypper invocations is shown:
$ zypper-log
Reading /var/log/zypper.log ............... DONE
TIME PID VER
CMD
2013-10-15 11:01 2195 1.11.14 /usr/bin/zypper se spell
2013-10-15 11:03 2703 1.11.14 /usr/bin/zypper in aspell-en
aspell-ispell aspell-de
2013-10-15 15:00 22463 1.11.14 /usr/bin/zypper lr -u
2013-10-15 15:00 22479 1.11.14 /usr/bin/zypper lr -s
When you provide a pid, you will get the complete log for the corresponding zypper run.
OPTIONS
-d YYYY-MM-DD
Only view zypper runs of the specified day.
-l FILE
Only read this logfile.
-r NUMBER
Also read the NUMBER latest rotated logfiles.
--help
Print help and quit.
FILES
/var/log/zypper.log
zypper default logfile.
/var/log/YaST2/y2log
As YAST uses a similar logfile format, you should be able to scan the YAST logfiles as well, using the -l switch.
AUTHORS
Dominik Heidler <dheidler [AT] suse.de>