Virtual terminal buffer?

[Dan MacMillan]

> From: Lowell Gilbert
> Sent: March 24, 2004 12:39
>
> Dan MacMillan <flowers at users.sourceforge.net> writes:
>
> > > From: Chris Pressey
> > > Sent: March 22, 2004 17:52
> > >
> > > On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 16:57:26 -0600 (CST)
> > > Eric F Crist <ecrist at nomad.secure-computing.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is there a way to clear the buffer after you've logged out of a
> > > > virtual terminal?
> > >
> > > Well, you could call 'echo' a hundred times in your .logout script :)
> >
> > I have found that a single call to 'clear' works almost as well.
>
> "Almost" but not quite; on the console, there's a history buffer with
> scrollback.

Yeah, I realized afterwards I hadn't quite understood what Eric was looking
for.  This is very educational.  :)

-Dan