Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!delgeo!ooms From: ooms@delgeo.nl (Frank Ooms) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: How could I set term at login Message-ID: <2012@delgeo.delgeo.nl> Date: 26 Feb 91 07:53:49 GMT References: <1991Feb21.174652.9663@persoft.com> Organization: Delft Geophysical b.v. Lines: 18 We use qterm. It was posted to comp.sources.unix in 1987 (volume 8). It uses a little database of responses for some terminals, of course you can add the response of your own terminal to that list. More than one query string can be sent, until a response is found that is matched. Actually it works quit well. The way it is invoked is byt adding these line to /etc/login: set term = `qterm -q -u vt100n` set noglob eval `usr/ucb/tset -s -Q $term` success, -- /* Frank Ooms, +31 15-621554 * * ooms@delgeo.nl * * ..!mcsun!hp4nl!delgeo!ooms */