FGCONSOLE
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 14 Feburary 2002
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NAME
fgconsole - print the number of the active VT.
SYNOPSIS
fgconsole
[
-h --help
|
-V --version
|
-n --next-available
]
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.
- -h --help
-
Prints short usage message and exits.
- -V --version
-
Prints version number and exits.
- --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.
NOTES
Under
devfs,
the consoles are in
/dev/vc/N.
devfsd
may maintain symlinks for compatibility.
SEE ALSO
chvt(1).