From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 31 13:01:01 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA05890 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 31 May 1996 13:01:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.43.52]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA05876 for ; Fri, 31 May 1996 13:00:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from richardc@localhost) by soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA21520; Fri, 31 May 1996 13:00:13 -0700 Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 13:00:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Veggy Vinny To: Terry Lambert cc: terry@lambert.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: long motd files - screen pause? In-Reply-To: <199605311910.MAA18383@phaeton.artisoft.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 31 May 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > Hmmm, okay but how do some machines make the motd pause even > > before it knows the termcap? > > By assuming 24 lines or by using the telnet/rlogin/sigwinch(pty) > hints as to terminal size (assuming they are set up correctly). > > On a 50 line diplay, you may get 3 "more" prompts this way. > > Obviously, the "more" prompts aren't reverse video (unless it hard codes > a terminal type in /etc/ttys). hmmm okay... or maybe their login is modified? -- Vince Systems Administration - GaiaNet Corporation