Re: Echoing another terminal

[Torsten Hilbrich <Torsten.Hilbrich@gmx.net>]

On: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 13:52:47 -0500 (CDT) Matthew Myers writes:
> 
> Is it possible to echo the display of another terminal to the
> current terminal you are on?

You can use the vcs* devices for that:

  7 char	Virtual console capture devices
    		  0 = /dev/vcs		Current vc text contents
		  1 = /dev/vcs1		tty1 text contents
		      ...
		 63 = /dev/vcs63	tty63 text contents
		128 = /dev/vcsa		Current vc text/attribute contents
		129 = /dev/vcsa1	tty1 text/attribute contents
		      ...
		191 = /dev/vcsa63	tty63 text/attribute contents
	
		NOTE: These devices permit both read and write access.

/dev/vcs# is the device for accessing /dev/tty#.  Unfortunately, I
don't know how to access pseudo ttys such as a xterm.  Does anybody?

	Torsten

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