Date: 24 Mar 2004 14:38:37 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Dan MacMillan <flowers@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Eric F Crist <ecrist@nomad.secure-computing.net> Subject: Re: Virtual terminal buffer? Message-ID: <441xniavcy.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <FGEIJLCPFDNMGDOKNBABAEHKCIAA.flowers@users.sourceforge.net> References: <FGEIJLCPFDNMGDOKNBABAEHKCIAA.flowers@users.sourceforge.net>
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Dan MacMillan <flowers@users.sourceforge.net> writes: > > -----Original Message----- > > 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. What they really want, though, is "vidcontrol -C".
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