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Date:      Fri, 5 May 2000 20:39:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Bhishan Hemrajani <bhishan@cytosine.dhs.org>
To:        Glenn Johnson <glennpj@bayouhome.net>
Cc:        Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net>, Robert B <cgibin@hotmail.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Clear Screen Before Logout
Message-ID:  <200005060339.e463d2b42005@cytosine.dhs.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000505223535.B564@gforce.johnson.home> from Glenn Johnson at "May 5, 2000 10:35:35 pm"

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I believe this was asked on -questions. I can't remember what the exact
answer was, but I remember that is had something to do with /etc/gettytab.

Try a, man gettytab.

Or, search the archives for that message.

Sorry for not being of much help.

--bhishan

> On Fri, May 05, 2000 at 07:48:17PM -0700, Bhishan Hemrajani wrote:
> 
> > Or, you can put "clear" in /etc/csh.logout.
> >
> > --bhishan
> >
> > > > Whats the best way to clear the terminal screen after a log out so
> > > > that login: is the only thing on the screen.
> > >
> > > before:
> > >
> > >     cd; echo "clear" > .logout; ln -s .logout .bash_logout
> > >
> > > after:  Press control-L then enter.
> 
> On a related note, when a system first boots up there are usually
> messages left on the first virtual terminal. Is there any way to
> automatically clear this so that the first virtual terminal looks like
> the other VT's, with just the login: prompt?
> 
> -- 
> Glenn Johnson
> glennpj@bayouhome.net
> 

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