"Sander Smeenk (CistroN Medewerker)" wrote: > > Quoting wes schreiner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Not that I can see, though I'd love to know of a clean way to clear the > > scroll-back buffer. I agree it's a bit hackish. Can anyone come up > > with something better? > > Ehm.. I did this: > > knopje# echo -e "\033[2J\033[1;1H" > issue.new > knopje# cat /etc/issue >> issue.new > knopje# mv issue.new /etc/issue > > And now when i log out from consoles the screen clears and the scrollback > buffer is empty.. The \0332J is ANSI for Clear Screen and \033[1;1H is ANSI > for place cursor on x1 y1... > > Works for me...
Tried it, but this only clears the immediately visible screen for me, not the scroll-back buffer. I'm using mgetty, are you using mingetty or some other *getty? Maybe that's the difference. If so, then Ethan's vt switching method is better because it doesn't depend on the getty. wes
