/* chvt.c - switch virtual terminals * * Copyright (C) 2008 David Anders <danders@amltd.com> USE_CHVT(NEWTOY(chvt, "<1", TOYFLAG_USR|TOYFLAG_BIN)) 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" void chvt_main(void) { int vtnum, fd = fd; char *consoles[]={"/dev/console", "/dev/vc/0", "/dev/tty", NULL}, **cc; vtnum=atoi(*toys.optargs); for (cc = consoles; *cc; cc++) if (-1 != (fd = open(*cc, O_RDWR))) break; // These numbers are VT_ACTIVATE and VT_WAITACTIVE from linux/vt.h if (!*cc || fd < 0 || ioctl(fd, 0x5606, vtnum) || ioctl(fd, 0x5607, vtnum)) perror_exit(0); }