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Subject: Re: determining active console
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In a message dated 2/27/03 1:01:23 PM Central Standard Time, 
keramida@ceid.upatras.gr writes:

> On 2003-02-27 17:58, Hanspeter Roth <hampi@rootshell.be> wrote:
>  > 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
>  
>  Hmmm, this is the "definition" of a virtual console.  You can run
>  long-running commands on one and still switch to another.
>  
>  > and then switch to an another console, that `tty` yields the tty
>  > that was active when the command line was started.
>  
>  Yep.  That's the idea.
>  
>  > But I'd like to know the console that has got the keyboard focus by
>  > switching with <ctrl>-<alt>-<fN>.
>  
>  So, run "tty" on the console *after* switching to it :-)
>  
>  

This may be somthing you can add to your prompt.  Depending on your shell of 
course 
cdw 

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