Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!trw
From: trw@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Weil timothy)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Clear screen (system call)
Summary: Looking for simple TTY clear screen system call
Keywords: Clear Screen, TTY
Message-ID: <5683@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Date: 15 Jun 90 15:15:27 GMT
Distribution: comp.unix.questions
Organization: Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD
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as a sort of newcomer to UNIX system programming I've
got a real basic question -

   what is a simple 'C' Unix system call for clearing
   the terminal.  my guess is that it's buried somewhere
   in curses.h...
 
thanks