On Tuesday 30 November 2004 20:18, Andrei Nestor wrote: > "> file" is equivalent to "cp /dev/null file", which means the > contents of the file is cleared > probably those lines are there to clear the ttys before spawning a > login prompt on them. I don't think that writting nothing on the ttys actually does that. clear >/dev/tty$i possibly would (if TERM was set properly). -- Cheers John Summerfield tourist pics: http://environmental.disaster.cds.merseine.nu/
