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From: staceyc@sco.COM (Stacey Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Xenix clear screen function..
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Date: 12 Feb 90 17:19:46 GMT
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In article <5677@holston.UUCP> barton@holston.UUCP (Barton A. Fisk) writes:
>On the ansi console it's easier to just enter echo "\f\c". This
>can be put into a script called clear in /usr/bin and
>should clear the screen and move the cursor home.

A more portable version of clear can be implemented with the following
very short C program.

#include <curses.h>

main()

{
	initscr();
	wclear(stdscr);
	wrefresh(stdscr);
	endwin();
}

Compile under Xenix with;

cc clear.c -o clear -lcurses -ltermlib

Many curses implementations will find a way to clear the screen even
if that particular capability is not directly supported by the terminal.
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