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Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent
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After running this command, your RHN System Profile will reflect the latest software ver-
sions installed on your system.
4.9. Log File
The Red Hat Update Agent keeps a log of all the actions that it peforms on your system
in the file
. It uses the standard rotating log method. Thus, older logs
/var/log/up2date
are in
,
, and
. The log files
/var/log/up2date.1
/var/log/up2date.2
/var/log/up2date.3
store actions performed by the Red Hat Update Agent such as when your RPM database is
opened, when it connects to Red Hat Network to retreive information from your System
Profile, which packages are downloaded, which packages are installed using the Red Hat
Update Agent, and which packages are deleted from your system after installation. If you
choose to install and delete packages yourself, it will not be logged in this file. You should
keep your own log of actions not performed with the Red Hat Update Agent.
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