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Old 08-21-2008, 09:24 AM
Default Re: PuTTY - starting from command line with logging enabled

On Aug 20, 5:17*pm, ddun...@taos.com (Darren Dunham) wrote:
> Nomad wrote:
> > On Aug 20, 8:25?am, Dale Dellutri wrote:

>
> >> You don't use command line switches. ?You set up a named session,
> >> for example, toUnixServer, then set all the options you want for
> >> that session including logging (see Session, Logging), then load
> >> it at PuTTY startup:
> >> ? putty -load "toUnixServer"

>
> >> The log file can be customized to include hostname, date and time.

>
> > This is the very thing that I am trying to avoid.

>
> I don't follow. *Don't you want a command line option?
>
> How is 'putty -load "toUnixServer"' significantly different for you from
> a hypothetical (but unavailable) option like --logging?
>
> --
> Darren


How it is different is, when you use -load option, you are
assuming that the profile already exists and saved. I am trying to
avoid creating 100+ profiles, one-by-one as well as having to remember
to create a new profile everytime a new server gets added to the
landscape.
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