Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 16:52:16 -0600 From: "Brian Henning" <b1henning@hotmail.com> To: "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cons25 or vt100 Message-ID: <OE607tEi177osl7vF5s00004d68@hotmail.com> References: <OE49bLDa9W58Pp0InMk000170af@hotmail.com> <20030225224910.GC1181@gothmog.gr>
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here is my result. henninb@trinity ~> echo $TERM xterm i think the term should come up as vt100 not xterm. why does this happen? cheers, brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: "Brian Henning" <b1henning@hotmail.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 4:49 PM Subject: Re: cons25 or vt100 > On 2003-02-25 16:40, Brian Henning <b1henning@hotmail.com> wrote: > > is there a veriable set on login that can tell me weather i am logged in on as > > vt100 or cons25? > > is there anyway to tell? > > Try the following shell command: > > echo $TERM > > The TERM variable is always[1] set to your current terminal type. > > [1] Well, almost always... but for your particular question, let's > assume that this is indeed 'always'. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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