Subject: VC buffer

From: Stephen Masterman <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 96 15:33 EDT

Hi,

Is there a way to access the Virtual Console's scrollback buffer, for example
to save the screen to a text file? Perhaps something in /proc?

Thanks.

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From: Dominik Kubla <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 16:07:47 +0200

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Thats what /dev/vcs* is for. Look at the kernel Documentation (aka Source)
for further information ... :(

Yours,
  Dominik Kubla