Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Feb 1999 09:39:42 -0500 (EST) | From | <> | Subject | Re: Changing the active console |
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On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Roberto Fasciolo wrote:
> Hi. > > I'd like to know if it's possible changing the active console (the same > thing that pressing CTRL+ALT+Fx) with a system call, and, if it's > possible, how can I do that. >
Well it might not exactly be a system call...but its an ioctl()... It would generally go something like...
#include <sys/ioctl.h> #include <linux/vt.h>
int main(char *argv, int argc) { int fd; open("/dev/tty", O_RDONLY); /* 3 is the VT you wish to switch to */ ioctl(fd, VT_ACTIVATE, 3); close(fd); }
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