Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2017 22:22:09 +0800 From: Ben Woods <woodsb02@gmail.com> To: Jan Beich <jbeich@freebsd.org> Cc: Ben Woods <woodsb02@freebsd.org>, "ports-committers@FreeBSD.org" <ports-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r447625 - in head/sysutils: . chvt chvt/files Message-ID: <CAOc73CDC6PKZV%2BugiP2jsjOg=dUe_FvLdd=SSq%2Bi4yuGXx0gUA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <60dw-hqg6-wny@FreeBSD.org> References: <201708091208.v79C8d91081610@repo.freebsd.org> <60dw-hqg6-wny@FreeBSD.org>
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On 9 August 2017 at 20:32, Jan Beich <jbeich@freebsd.org> wrote:
> FYI, on FreeBSD you can implement chvt(1) via shell script:
>
> $ cat ~/bin/chvt
> #! /bin/sh
> # The file is under Public Domain if not obvious
> vidcontrol </dev/ttyv0 -s "${1?usage: chvt N}"
>
I wasn't aware - thanks for the heads up.
Given its already committed, it probably doesn't hurt to keep this port
with the C programming language option as an alternative to vidcontrol.
Regards,
Ben
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