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Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, gs_stoller@juno.com
Subject: Re: The 'Amnesiac'  screen s set up when  FreeBSD  starts up
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Charles Swiger wrote:
> On Mar 27, 2006, at 3:36 PM, gs_stoller@juno.com wrote:
>>     Is there a command that tells one on which screen one now
>> sits, and if so what is its path-name?  Where are these screens
>> set up, and can one change that, say adding new screens?
> 
> The "tty" command will indicate which terminal the shell is associated 
> with.  There are kernel options which can be changed to let you setup 
> more or fewer virtual TTY's; see "man vt"...
> 
> ---Chuck

You can set up more/fewer by editing /etc/ttys
See man ttys

HTH,
Micah