openvt
NAME
openvt - start a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).
SYNOPSIS
openvt
[-c vtnumber] [-f] [-s] [-u] [-l] [-v] [--] command command_options
DESCRIPTION
openvt
will find the first available VT, and run on it the given
R command
with the given
R command options,
standard input, output and error are directed to that terminal. The current
search path ($PATH) is used to find the requested command. If no command is
specified then the environment variable $SHELL is used.
OPTIONS
-c vtnumber
Use the given VT number and not the first available. Note you
must have write access to the supplied VT for this to work.
-f
Force opening a VT: don't try to check if a VT is already in use.
-s
Switch to the new VT when starting the command. The VT of the new command
will be made the new current VT.
-u
Figure out the owner of the current VT, and run login as that user.
Suitable to be called by init. Shouldn't be used with -c or -l.
-l
Make the command a login shell. A - is prepended to the name of the command
to be executed.
-v
Be a bit more verbose.
-w
wait for command to complete. If -w and -s are used together then
openvt
will switch back to the controlling terminal when the command completes.
--
end of options to
R openvt .
EXAMPLES
openvt
can be used to start a shell on the next free VT, by using the command:
openvt bash
To start the shell as a login shell, use:
openvt -l bash
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Jon Tombs <jon@gtex02.us.es or jon@robots.ox.ac.uk>
HISTORY
Earlier, openvt was called open. It was written by Jon Tombs
<jon@gtex02.us.es or jon@robots.ox.ac.uk>. The
-w idea from "sam".
-w idea from "sam".
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