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Date:      Fri, 14 May 1999 17:05:07 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>
Cc:        rick hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com>, "K. Marsh" <durang@u.washington.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Clearing scrollback at logout [was: Newbie tip]
Message-ID:  <19990514170507.C1367@scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <19990514124114.42522@welearn.com.au>
References:  <Pine.A41.4.10.9905131200240.43530-100000@goodall1.u.washington.edu> <Pine.BSF.3.91.990513191914.1319E-100000@dsinw.com> <19990514124114.42522@welearn.com.au>

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Sue Blake wrote:

> So as you log out, cat a huge text file, then do a 'clear' ad lib.

I think changing the scrollback buffer size also clears it completely.
Just do a `kbdcontrol -h 100' or something when you logout, or whatever
buffer size you want.

-- 
Ben Smithurst
ben@scientia.demon.co.uk


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