Re: "> /dev/tty$i" commands in /etc/rc.sysinit?

From: Andrei Nestor (andrei.nestor_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/30/04

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    Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:18:30 +0200
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    On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:06:01 -0500 (EST), Robert P. J. Day
    <rpjday@mindspring.com> wrote:
    >
    > 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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    "> file" is equivalent to "cp /dev/null file", which means the
    contents of the file is cleared
    probably those lines are there to clear the ttys before spawning a
    login prompt on them. 

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