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From: brothers@jetsun.WEITEK.COM (bill brothers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Xenix clear screen function..
Keywords: n
Message-ID: <868@jetsun.WEITEK.COM>
Date: 8 Feb 90 18:38:31 GMT
References: <4174@helios.TAMU.EDU>
Reply-To: brothers@jetsun.WEITEK.COM (bill brothers)
Organization: WEITEK, Sunnyvale CA
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In article <4174@helios.TAMU.EDU> jfrench@cssuN.tamu.edu (Jeff French) writes:
>
>Does my Xenix '286 ver. 2.1.1 have a "clear screen" funtion that I am
>overlooking? Under MS/DOS the command is "cls", and on SunOS it's "clear".
>
>Currently I have a script that cats an empty file to the screen. This works
>but leaves the cursor in the lower left hand corner of the screen.
>
>I have RTFM 'till I'm blue in the face. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>Please excuse my ignorance if their is a blatently simple solution.  Thanks!
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>    jfrench@cssuN.tamu.edu       Jeff French        "Gig-Em Aggies"
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Jeff,
couldn't make my mailer talk to you... Here is a quick pgm to fix your
problem. clear wasn't shipped on XENIX until 2.2...


extern char *getenv();
extern char *tgetstr();

main()
{
	char buf[1024], a[1024], *area;
	area = a;

	tgetent( buf, getenv("TERM") );
	printf("%s", tgetstr("cl", &area) );
}

Bill
brothers@weitek.COM