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Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 17:05:07 +0100
From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>
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	"K. Marsh" <durang@u.washington.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Clearing scrollback at logout [was: Newbie tip]
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Sue Blake wrote:

> So as you log out, cat a huge text file, then do a 'clear' ad lib.

I think changing the scrollback buffer size also clears it completely.
Just do a `kbdcontrol -h 100' or something when you logout, or whatever
buffer size you want.

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