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Subject: Re: Clear screen (system call)
Keywords: Clear Screen, TTY
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Date: 15 Jun 90 22:25:33 GMT
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In article <5683@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> trw@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Weil timothy) writes:
>   what is a simple 'C' Unix system call for clearing
>   the terminal.  my guess is that it's buried somewhere
>   in curses.h...

No (correct) answer will consist of just a system call but
If that's all you intend to do (and you're not doing it every 2 seconds):

	system("tput clear");	/* this assumes a terminfo system */

Anything else doesn't fit the description of "simple".

Paul Chamberlain | I do NOT represent IBM	  tif@doorstop, sc30661@ausvm6
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