Vtlmgr/newvt usage?

Kenneth Herron kherron at ms.uky.edu
Fri Jun 29 02:08:43 AEST 1990


I'm running System V/386 3.2, using vtlmgr and newvt to get multiple
sessions on the console.  Both of these programs start /bin/sh on the
new screens.  My default shell is ksh, and my SHELL variable is set to ksh,
but the programs evidently ignore these settings.  Sh does not try to run
a startup file unless it detects that it's a login shell, of course.

I normally run with a 43-line (EGA) screen, and a custom terminfo (green
text, blue highlights, etc.).  Every time I start a new virtual terminal,
I have to type "set43;clear" (I wrote set43).

Vtlmgr and newvt are not mentioned in the manuals I have, so I don't know
if they take any options.  Is there a way to make either of these
(vtlmgr being the more important) start another shell, or feed sh a
startup script?

Kenneth Herron



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