Pete Harlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > How can I clear the scroll-back buffer when a use logs out (other than
> > changing tty's)?
>
> Echo four thousand spaces from .bash_logout?
Another way:
runvc false
where runvc is the following script:
#!/bin/sh
# Run something on a VC, from X, and switch back to X when done.
# GPL Joey Hess, Thu, 10 Jul 1997 23:27:08 -0400
exec open -s -- sh -c "$* ; chvt `getvc`"
and getvc is compiled from the following source
/* getvc.c
* Prints the number of the current VC to stdout. Most of this code
* was ripped from the open program, and this code is GPL'd
*
* Joey Hess, Fri Apr 4 14:58:50 EST 1997
*/
#include <sys/vt.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
main () {
int fd = 0;
struct vt_stat vt;
if ((fd = open("/dev/console",O_WRONLY,0)) < 0) {
perror("Failed to open /dev/console\n");
return(2);
}
if (ioctl(fd, VT_GETSTATE, &vt) < 0) {
perror("can't get VTstate\n");
close(fd);
return(4);
}
printf("%d\n",vt.v_active);
}
/* End of getvc.c */
This method automates the switching of VC and can be run from .logout
(if you run a csh).
I use this script for 'runvc mc' from inside X.
Torsten
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