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Date:      Sat, 9 Feb 2002 04:54:21 +0100
From:      Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
To:        Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: how to clear the screen while logging off
Message-ID:  <20020209035420.GA32772@student.uu.se>
In-Reply-To: <20020209034721.GB6163@raggedclown.net>
References:  <20020208185905.G91586-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com> <20020209031155.42851.qmail@web13401.mail.yahoo.com> <20020209034721.GB6163@raggedclown.net>

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On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 04:47:21AM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 07:11:55PM -0800, Andrew Gould wrote:
> > --- Ken Bolingbroke <hacker@bolingbroke.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Skull Crusher wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hello,
> > > > Is there a way to clear the screen as you log off
> > > besides just typing
> > > > CLEAR and then type EXIT
> > > > What I would like it to look like is just like the
> > > normal logon screen
> > > > where it just says FreeBSD/i386
> > > (blah.blah.blah.com) ttyvX
> > > > If you know what I mean..
> > > 
> > > If your shell executes a logout script, stick a
> > > 'clear' statement in that.
> > > I use tcsh which uses ~/.logout for individual users
> > > and /etc/csh.logout
> > > for systemwide.
> > > 
> > > Ken Bolingbroke
> > > hacker@bolingbroke.com
> > 
> > For the bash shell, put the 'clear' statement in
> > ~/.bash_logout.
> > 
> > As root, you can then copy the .bash_logout file to
> > /usr/share/skel/dot.bash_logout to automatically
> > install the file in new users' home directories.
> > 
> Mmm, if you are doing this for security reasons you may want to check
> what happens after you log out, set the scroll-lock key to on, and push
> up-arrow...

clear ; vidcontrol -C

should take care of that little problem.


-- 
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Erik Trulsson
ertr1013@student.uu.se

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