From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Wed Mar 24 11:38:43 2004
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C78D16A4D0
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:38:43 -0800 (PST)
Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4659E43D39
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:38:43 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org)
Received: from be-well.no-ip.com ([66.30.196.44])
          by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP
          id <20040324193838011006tnipe>; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:38:42 +0000
Received: by be-well.no-ip.com (Postfix, from userid 1147)
	id CFE8C3A; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:38:37 -0500 (EST)
Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org
To: Dan MacMillan <flowers@users.sourceforge.net>
References: <FGEIJLCPFDNMGDOKNBABAEHKCIAA.flowers@users.sourceforge.net>
From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
Date: 24 Mar 2004 14:38:37 -0500
In-Reply-To: <FGEIJLCPFDNMGDOKNBABAEHKCIAA.flowers@users.sourceforge.net>
Message-ID: <441xniavcy.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
Lines: 20
User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
cc: Chris Pressey <cpressey@catseye.mine.nu>
cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
cc: Eric F Crist <ecrist@nomad.secure-computing.net>
Subject: Re: Virtual terminal buffer?
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:38:43 -0000

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".