Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!david
From: david@sun.uucp (David DiGiacomo)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: Re: Fun with forkunix
Message-ID: <78980@sun.uucp>
Date: 24 Nov 88 00:29:37 GMT
References: <8811221635.AA10468@devnull.sun.com>
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Mtn View, CA
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In article <8811221635.AA10468@devnull.sun.com> dshr@SUN.COM (David Rosenthal) writes:
>> 
>> When invoking NeWS from suntools, defining a console window "breaks" any
>> console association in an underlying suntools window.  How can I get
>> that association back without killing and restarting the suntools console
>> window?
>> 
>This is a problem with the definition of the TIOCCONS ioctl.  There is no
>way to re-establish the association.  Do not run a NeWS console if you
>are running on top of SunView.

?????

Simply run this program in the SunView (ex-)console window, and it will be
the console once again:

/*
 * setcons.c
 *
 * Makes the argument tty (default /dev/tty) the console.
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/file.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>

main(argc, argv)
	int argc;
	char *argv[];
{
	char *dev;
	int fd;

	dev = argc > 1 ? argv[1] : "/dev/tty";

	if ((fd = open(dev, O_WRONLY)) < 0)
		perror(argv[0]);

	if (ioctl(fd, TIOCCONS, 0) < 0) {
		perror(argv[0]);
		exit(1);
	}

	exit(0);
}