On 5/24/05, Jim Bauer <jfbauer@xxxxxxx> wrote: > /dev/tty always refers to the process's current tty. > /dev/tty0 always referrs to the currently active one. The distinction is clear now. However, the man console(4) says: "The current console is addressed by /dev/console or /dev/tty0" This confused me a little. How could /dev/console and /dev/tty0 be your current console, at certain points in time? Or is the manual page outdated/wrong? > /dev/console is used for some kernel messages. Some > other things may write to it like syslogd. Is /dev/console a special driver layer on top of tty? Kernel message buffer AFAIK is accessed via syslog system call and via /proc. So why do we need a /dev/console? Sorry I'm asking a lot, but the documentation did not make the best clarification for me. Also ldd 3 doesn't include much on /dev/console device. Thanks, Bahadir -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
