Joseph Carter said
> On Tue, Jun 30, 1998 at 09:57:41PM -0500, the lone gunman wrote:
> > > I was trying to do a clear screen after I logout from the console before
> > > the login
> > > prompt appears.
> > >
> > > Any idea how this can be done? I tried some escape sequence but doesn't
> > > work.
> > >
> > > TIA.
> >
> Here's my /etc/issue file with escapes converted to <'s..
>
> ---8<--------
> <[H<[J
>
> Debian GNU/\s (slink) \m kernel \r <[34;1m\l<[0m
>
> ---8<--------
>
> This results in a very clean...
>
> ----[TOP]----
>
> Debian GNU/Linux (slink) i486 kernel 2.1.105 tty2
>
> icarus2 login: _
> -------------
>
> with ttyX standing out in a nice bright blue color..
There's a lot you can do with the console and escape sequences.
I've played around with it a bit and have come-up with a full-screen
version that uses all of the variables supported by issue (\b, \d, \t, etc)
as well as line-draw characters and color. I've included it here in case
any one cares to see it.
Note1: I 've substituted "%" for real escapes.
Note2: I've had to change the default console font to Cyr_a8x16 for the
line draw characters to "work".
Note3: The Copyright notice isn't even seen since the display is cleared
almost imediately after.
Note4: I'd guess this would be enough to severly dork some terminal types
so I only use this on the console. (Most of the systems I setup
only have a getty on tty1...)
Note5: Pressing <ENTER> without a user name updates the time and user count
fields.
Note6: The /d variable returns a variable-length result, therefore one line
is a character "short" 9 days per month. (1st through the 9th) Looks
great after that!
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