Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:06:58 -0700 From: Dan MacMillan <flowers@users.sourceforge.net> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>, Dan MacMillan <flowers@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Eric F Crist <ecrist@nomad.secure-computing.net> Subject: RE: Virtual terminal buffer? Message-ID: <FGEIJLCPFDNMGDOKNBABAEJCCIAA.flowers@users.sourceforge.net> In-Reply-To: <441xniavcy.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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> From: Lowell Gilbert > Sent: March 24, 2004 12:39 > > Dan MacMillan <flowers@users.sourceforge.net> writes: > > > > From: Chris Pressey > > > Sent: March 22, 2004 17:52 > > > > > > On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 16:57:26 -0600 (CST) > > > Eric F Crist <ecrist@nomad.secure-computing.net> wrote: > > > > > > > Is there a way to clear the buffer after you've logged out of a > > > > virtual terminal? > > > > > > Well, you could call 'echo' a hundred times in your .logout script :) > > > > I have found that a single call to 'clear' works almost as well. > > "Almost" but not quite; on the console, there's a history buffer with > scrollback. Yeah, I realized afterwards I hadn't quite understood what Eric was looking for. This is very educational. :) -Dan
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