"> /dev/tty$i" commands in /etc/rc.sysinit?
From: Robert P. J. Day (rpjday_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 11/30/04
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:06:01 -0500 (EST) To: Fedora List <fedora-list@redhat.com>
just perusing the code from /etc/rc.sysinit, and i'm curious about
the function of the lines:
> /dev/tty$i
for values of "i" gleaned from the mingetty lines from /etc/inittab (1
thru 6 by default). what does that redirection accomplish? i vaguely
recall it initializes the initial virtual consoles but i don't
remember in what way.
also, just after that, there's the code:
if [ $last -gt 0 ]; then
> /dev/tty$((last+1))
> /dev/tty$((last+2))
fi
and this does *what* for the next couple virtual consoles? and why
only two of them? i'm guessing it has something to do with
initializing the next two VCs to handle an X session, but does that
mean you can't have more than two X sessions unless you change this?
rday
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