from the secret journal of Andy Bastien ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > These ANSI codes do only clear the screen when the user logs out, > which was the original question. At some point somebody interpreted it > to be about clearing the scrollback buffer, and things have been going > off on that tangent ever since. FWIW, I posted these ANSI codes about > two days ago and also noted that they don't work at all if you don't > have an ANSI terminal. >
which is why .bash_logout in potato makes a call to clear if the user is on a vt. is there some reason why people aren't happy using that to clear the visible screen? -- Jacob Kuntz underworld.net/~jake [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Strategery" -- George W. Bush "Lockbox" -- Al Gore
