Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 17:58:28 +0100 From: Hanspeter Roth <hampi@rootshell.be> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: determining active console Message-ID: <20030227165828.GA3638@gicco.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20030227134837.GD1297@gothmog.gr> References: <20030227113959.GB610@gicco.homeip.net> <20030227134837.GD1297@gothmog.gr>
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On Feb 27 at 15:48, Giorgos Keramidas spoke: > On 2003-02-27 12:39, Hanspeter Roth <hampi@rootshell.be> wrote: > > Hello, > > how can I determine the active console? > > Use the tty(1) command: But this seems to yield the tty from which the command was launched. So if I do sleep 9; tty and then switch to an another console, that `tty` yields the tty that was active when the command line was started. But I'd like to know the console that has got the keyboard focus by switching with <ctrl>-<alt>-<fN>. -Hanspeter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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