* "Salman" == Salman Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Salman> At 09:25 PM 7/31/99 , you wrote:
>> clear > /tmp/clear.txt # clear is in ncurses-bin
>> cat /tmp/clear.txt /etc/issue > /etc/issue.clear
>> mv /etc/issue /etc/issue.noclear
>> mv /etc/issue.clear /etc/issue
Salman> Ok. Just curious, but what's the proper/canonical way to do
Salman> this ? I am using tcsh, so what file(s) would I have to modify
Salman> ?
This is the canonical way, as login reads the issue file, not a shell.
Salman> Why is this not the default behaviour ?
It doesn't clear the scrollback buffer. Maybe it was considered as
giving a false sense of security. Don't know.
Ciao,
Martin
