On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 11:05:05PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2009-07-09, Olivier Regnier <oregn...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I installed OpenBSD 4.5 on my Samsung NC10. I want to clear the console each
> > time a user logs out. I modified /etc/gettytab file but i have no result.
> > Can
> > you give me some information on this topic ?
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
>
> you need to modify std.9600 or default in gettytab, unless you change the
> terminal type in ttys.
>
> I'm not sure if there's a good way to clear the scrollback buffer though.
if you just want a clear screen for the next login, you can have
your shell catch the EXIT signal and clear the screen. for example,
in a ksh .profile, have:
trap clear EXIT
or instead of running clear, it could source a file of commands, or
whatever. the "trap" built-in is described in more detail in ksh(1). i
don;t know if csh has an equivalent.
that doesn;t clear the scrollback buffer exactly, but it will clear most
of it.
jmc
