Re: Clear screen on logout (Re: Terminal Corruption)

1998-05-04 Thread Oliver Elphick
Brandon Mitchell wrote: ... >I finally broke down and did this the right way. Before, I was doing a >trap /usr/bin/clear EXIT >in my /etc/profile. Now I have the characters that are echoed by clear at >the top of my /etc/issue and I unlinked my /etc/issue.net from my >/etc/issue so tha

Clear screen on logout (Re: Terminal Corruption)

1998-05-04 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Sun, 3 May 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > BTW I put reset in my .bash_logout > so that the tty gets reset when I logout > (unfortunatly it does it in xterms too with su etc... > there should be a better way? relaly I only did it to clear the > screen on logout) I finally broke down and did th

Re: clear screen on logout

1997-04-30 Thread Jonas Bofjall
On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, Ryan Shaw wrote: > i'd like the screen cleared on logout and the login prompt to appear at > the top. i've worked around this by using an alias in bashrc, but i'm If you want if for every login, put a `clear screen' in your /etc/issue like this: clear > /tmp/banan cat /etc/

Re: clear screen on logout

1997-04-30 Thread Felix Almeida
> From: Ryan Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user > Subject: clear screen on logout > Date: Tuesday, April 29, 1997 12:50 PM > > i've looked through the archives and haven't found an answer as of yet. > i'd like the screen cleared on logout a

Re: clear screen on logout

1997-04-30 Thread Tommy van Leeuwen
just to throw myself in the thread. ;) /etc/issue is a pre-logon file and has nothing to do with logging out. (well, it gets displayed after you log out) but forget about it just put 'clear' in ~/.logout and tadaaa! I haven't seen anyone mentioning .logout and probably .login also works. greets

Re: clear screen on logout

1997-04-30 Thread Matthew Tebbens
Try 'clear;logout' or alias it somewhere -- > From: Ryan Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user > Subject: clear screen on logout > Date: Tuesday, April 29, 1997 12:50 PM > > i've looked through the archives and haven't found an answ

Re: clear screen on logout

1997-04-29 Thread Graeme Stewart
Colin Telmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Karl Ferguson wrote: > > > > > At 09:50 AM 29/04/97 -0700, Ryan Shaw wrote: > > > >i've looked through the archives and haven't found an answer as of yet. > > > >i'd like the screen

Re: clear screen on logout

1997-04-29 Thread Nathan E Norman
I'm inherently lazy, and I hate typing. All these solutions work, but what's wrong with suing to root, typing 'vi /etc/issue', typing '!!clear' and finishing off with a ':wq' ?? Just goes to show there's more than one way to do it. (I think that may be trademarked by Larry Wall). Nathan On Tue

Re: clear screen on logout

1997-04-29 Thread Colin Telmer
On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Karl Ferguson wrote: > > > At 09:50 AM 29/04/97 -0700, Ryan Shaw wrote: > > >i've looked through the archives and haven't found an answer as of yet. > > >i'd like the screen cleared on logout and the login prompt to appear at > > >t

Re: clear screen on logout

1997-04-29 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Karl Ferguson wrote: > At 09:50 AM 29/04/97 -0700, Ryan Shaw wrote: > >i've looked through the archives and haven't found an answer as of yet. > >i'd like the screen cleared on logout and the login prompt to appear at > >the top. i've worked around this by using an alias in

Re: clear screen on logout

1997-04-29 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Ryan" == Ryan Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ryan> i've looked through the archives and haven't found an answer Ryan> as of yet. i'd like the screen cleared on logout and the Ryan> login prompt to appear at the top. i've worked around this Ryan> by using an alias in bash

Re: clear screen on logout

1997-04-29 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Karl Ferguson wrote: > > At 12:32 PM 29/04/97 -0400, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > >mgetty, agetty & mingetty use /etc/issue (by default, though this > >is of course configurable for mgetty and agetty) rather than motd. > >(I wonder what uses /etc/motd?) So, you can run (as root, of course): > > > >c

Re: clear screen on logout

1997-04-29 Thread Karl Ferguson
At 12:32 PM 29/04/97 -0400, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: >mgetty, agetty & mingetty use /etc/issue (by default, though this >is of course configurable for mgetty and agetty) rather than motd. >(I wonder what uses /etc/motd?) So, you can run (as root, of course): > >clear >> /etc/issue > >(no need to sa

Re: clear screen on logout

1997-04-29 Thread Troy Hanson
Karl Ferguson wrote: > Sorry - my aplogies - I meant /etc/issue, hey it's 1am here :-) At the top of my /etc/issue I put the ANSI Codes for home/clear: ^[[H^[[J --> (ESC)[H(ESC)[J you can get the ESC char in vi by hitting ctrl+V, then ESC. Hope this helps troy -- Psychiatrists say that one i

Re: clear screen on logout

1997-04-29 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Karl Ferguson wrote: > > At 09:50 AM 29/04/97 -0700, Ryan Shaw wrote: > >i've looked through the archives and haven't found an answer as of yet. > >i'd like the screen cleared on logout and the login prompt to appear at > >the top. i've worked around this by using an alias in bashrc, but i'm > >s

RE: clear screen on logout

1997-04-29 Thread Karl Ferguson
At 05:58 PM 29/04/97 +0100, Alec Clews wrote: >I think /etc/issue might be a better choice 'cause it gets displayed by >getty I believe Sorry - my aplogies - I meant /etc/issue, hey it's 1am here :-) -- Karl Ferguson Tower Networking Pty Ltd Tel: +61-8-9456- [EMAIL PROTECTED] t/a STAR O

RE: clear screen on logout

1997-04-29 Thread Alec Clews
> >At 09:50 AM 29/04/97 -0700, Ryan Shaw wrote: >>i've looked through the archives and haven't found an answer as of yet. >>i'd like the screen cleared on logout and the login prompt to appear at >>the top. i've worked around this by using an alias in bashrc, but i'm >>sure there is a better way

Re: clear screen on logout

1997-04-29 Thread Karl Ferguson
At 09:50 AM 29/04/97 -0700, Ryan Shaw wrote: >i've looked through the archives and haven't found an answer as of yet. >i'd like the screen cleared on logout and the login prompt to appear at >the top. i've worked around this by using an alias in bashrc, but i'm >sure there is a better way. > >any

clear screen on logout

1997-04-29 Thread Ryan Shaw
i've looked through the archives and haven't found an answer as of yet. i'd like the screen cleared on logout and the login prompt to appear at the top. i've worked around this by using an alias in bashrc, but i'm sure there is a better way. any ideas? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: