Re: switching virtual terminals from C

[dtm12@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Daniel Martin at cush)]

chizor@jhu0048.res.jhu.edu (Aaron Brick) writes:

> HEllo!
> 
> Does anyone know of a way to change, in C, _which_ virtual terminal is
> currently on the screen? I just have no idea where to look for this.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Aaron Brick.

Well, the chvt command from the kbd package does this.  Therefore, I'd 
suggest either using a system("chvt <blah>") call, or looking at the
chvt source code, which you'll find in the kbd source package.

p.s.  Hmmm - I wonder how common Debian is here at jhu...


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