Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 01:10:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/55794: Convenience improvement suggestion: clear screen after ^D (logout) at vty Message-ID: <200308280810.h7S8AE1C084534@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/55794; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@regency.nsu.ru> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/55794: Convenience improvement suggestion: clear screen after ^D (logout) at vty Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:03:21 +0300 On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 03:42:26PM +0700, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > >Number: 55794 > >Category: misc > >Synopsis: Convenience improvement suggestion: clear screen after ^D (logout) at vty > >Originator: Alexey Dokuchaev > >Release: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386 > >Description: > By default, getty(8) does not clear console screen upon logout, which is > somewhat annoying, though easy to fix. Since I've been fixing this > thing in every installation during several past years (and I know many > others that do that as well), I think it's probably time to make it into > CVS. Thoughts? > >How-To-Repeat: > Just login at console, ls /, hit ^D. See all you ls(1) output there. > >Fix: > The fix is trivial: [snip termcap fix] I prefer to do this in a logout script when necessary - for some users only - because I personally don't like the clear-screen idea too much... G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@sbnd.net roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 If wishes were fishes, the antecedent of this conditional would be true.
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