fgconsole.1 (915B)
- .TH FGCONSOLE 1 "14 Feburary 2002" "kbd"
- .SH NAME
- fgconsole \- print the number of the active VT.
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .B fgconsole
- [
- .B \-h \-\-help
- |
- .B \-V \-\-version
- |
- .B \-n \-\-next-available
- ]
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- If the active Virtual Terminal is
- .IR /dev/ttyN ,
- then prints
- .I N
- on standard output.
- If the console is a serial console, then
- "serial"
- is printed instead.
- .TP
- .I \-h \-\-help
- Prints short usage message and exits.
- .TP
- .I \-V \-\-version
- Prints version number and exits.
- .TP
- .I \-\-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.
- .SH NOTES
- Under
- .IR devfs ,
- the consoles are in
- .IR /dev/vc/N .
- .I devfsd
- may maintain symlinks for compatibility.
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- .BR chvt (1).
- .\" .SH "AUTHORS"
- .\" Andries Brouwer
- .\" .br
- .\" Manpage by Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org>