FGETTY

NAME

fgetty - a small getty for linux

SYNOPSIS

fgetty tty [--noclear] [--long-hostname]

DESCRIPTION

The command fgetty is normally invoked by init(8), opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the /bin/login command.

OPTIONS

--noclear makes fgetty not clear the screen before displaying the login prompt.

--long-hostname makes fgetty display the full hostname in the login prompt.

FILES

ISSUE ESCAPES

The issue-file (/etc/issue or the file may contain certain escape codes to display the system name, date and time etc. All escape codes consist of a backslash (\) immediately followed by one of the letters explained below.

	d		the current date. (eg: 2002-01-19)
	s		the system name, the name of the operating system. (eg: Linux)
	l		the name of the current tty line. (eg: tty3)
	m		the architecture identifier of the machine (eg: i586)
	n		the nodename of the machine, also known as the hostname. (eg: sirius)
	o		the domainname of the machine. (eg: (none))
	r		the release number of the OS. (eg: 2.4.3-i)
	t		the current time. (eg: 14:51:51)
	u		the number of current users logged in. (eg: 4)
	U		the string "1 user" or "<n> users", where <n> is the number of current users logged in. (eg: 4 users)
	v		Insert the version of the OS. (eg: #2 Fre Jan 18 23:05:45 CET 2002)

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

RETURN VALUES

AUTHOR

Felix von Leitner <felix-fgetty@fefe.de>

Homepage: http://www.fefe.de/fgetty/