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FGCONSOLE

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
NOTES
AUTHORS
SEE ALSO

NAME

fgconsole - print the number of the active VT.

SYNOPSIS

fgconsole [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

If the active Virtual Terminal is /dev/ttyN , then prints N on standard output.

If the console is a serial console, then "serial" is printed instead.

OPTIONS

-n , --next-available

Will show the next unallocated virtual terminal. Normally 6 virtual terminals are allocated, with number 7 used for X; this will return "8" in this case.

-C , --console = DEV

the console device to be used.

-V , --version

print version number.

-h , --help

print this usage message.

NOTES

Under devfs , the consoles are in /dev/vc/N . devfsd may maintain symlinks for compatibility.

AUTHORS

Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>
Manpage by Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org>

SEE ALSO

chvt (1), deallocvt (1), openvt (1)