On 2012-06-13, Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >== https://bugzilla.redhat.com/815790 == > clear_console: New helper program to clear the *console*, > including the _scrollback buffer_. > > DESCRIPTION > > clear_console clears your console if this is possible. It looks in > the environment for the terminal type and then in the terminfo > database to figure out how to clear the screen. To clear the buffer, > it then changes the foreground virtual terminal to another > terminal and then back to the original terminal. > I added new escape sequence into Linux to clear the scroll-back buffer directly. I think enhancing `clear' utility is the right option. -- Petr -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
