Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 18:56:20 EST From: Dave2206@aol.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: determining active console Message-ID: <28.344a99cd.2b8fffa4@aol.com>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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