Query: showconsole
OS: suse
Section: 8
Format: Original Unix Latex Style Formatted with HTML and a Horizontal Scroll Bar
SHOWCONSOLE(8) The SuSE boot concept SHOWCONSOLE(8)NAMEShowconsole - determines the underlying tty of stdin Setconsole - sets the underlying tty of /dev/consoleSYNOPSISshowconsole [-n] setconsole /dev/tty<xy> < /dev/consoleDESCRIPTIONshowconsole determines the underlying character device of the current stdin. This can be used on /dev/console as current character device to get the real character device back. setconsole sets the underlying tty of the system console /dev/console. This requires that the standard input is identical with /dev/con- sole and exactly one argument, a valid character device is given.OPTIONS-n Return the major and minor device numbers instead of the device file name. This can be used to asked the kernel for the major and minor device numbers of a not existing device file in /dev.BUGSshowconsole needs a mounted /proc file system and tries to set the controlling tty to stdin if no controlling tty is found. After reading /proc the status of the controlling tty is restored to avoid problems with getty processes.FILES/proc/<pid of showconsole>/stat the stat file of the showconsole process. /dev/console the system console.SEE ALSOblogd(8), console(4), tty(4), proc(5).COPYRIGHT2000 Werner Fink, 2000 SuSE GmbH Nuernberg, Germany.AUTHORWerner Fink <werner@suse.de> 3rd Berkeley Distribution Nov 10, 2000 SHOWCONSOLE(8)