Re: clear screen on logout

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Karl Ferguson wrote:

> At 09:50 AM 29/04/97 -0700, Ryan Shaw wrote:
> >i've looked through the archives and haven't found an answer as of yet. 
> >i'd like the screen cleared on logout and the login prompt to appear at
> >the top.  i've worked around this by using an alias in bashrc, but i'm
> >sure there is a better way.
> >
> >any ideas?
> 
> Best way (the way I do it) is to do this:
> 
> clear > /etc/motd
> 
> However, make sure you make a backup copy of your original MOTD so you can
> then edit the file and after all the ascii characters put it back.
> 
Well, actually adding clear to motd will cause the screen to clear after
the login has been entered. If you want a clean screen after every logout
this should go into /etc/issue. The way I did this was:

	cd to /tmp (or some other reasonable place)
	clear >temp1
	cp /etc/issue ./temp2
	cat temp1 temp2 >issue
	cp issue /etc/issue

After which a logout clears the screen.

Luck,

Dwarf
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