/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: * * chvt.c - switch virtual terminals * * Copyright (C) 2008 David Anders * * Not in SUSv3. USE_CHVT(NEWTOY(chvt, "<1", TOYFLAG_USR|TOYFLAG_SBIN)) config CHVT bool "chvt" default y help usage: chvt N Change to virtual terminal number N. (This only works in text mode.) Virtual terminals are the Linux VGA text mode displays, ordinarily switched between via alt-F1, alt-F2, etc. Use ctrl-alt-F1 to switch from X to a virtual terminal, and alt-F6 (or F7, or F8) to get back. */ #include "toys.h" /* Note: get_console_fb() will need to be moved into a seperate lib section */ int get_console_fd() { int fd; char *consoles[]={"/dev/console", "/dev/vc/0", "/dev/tty", NULL}, **cc; cc = consoles; while (*cc) { fd = open(*cc++, O_RDWR); if (fd >= 0) return fd; } return -1; } void chvt_main(void) { int vtnum, fd; vtnum=atoi(*toys.optargs); fd=get_console_fd(); // These numbers are VT_ACTIVATE and VT_WAITACTIVE from linux/vt.h if (fd < 0 || ioctl(fd, 0x5606, vtnum) || ioctl(fd, 0x5607, vtnum)) perror_exit(NULL); }