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Date:      24 Mar 2004 14:38:37 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Dan MacMillan <flowers@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc:        Eric F Crist <ecrist@nomad.secure-computing.net>
Subject:   Re: Virtual terminal buffer?
Message-ID:  <441xniavcy.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <FGEIJLCPFDNMGDOKNBABAEHKCIAA.flowers@users.sourceforge.net>
References:  <FGEIJLCPFDNMGDOKNBABAEHKCIAA.flowers@users.sourceforge.net>

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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".



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