35 lines
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35 lines
1.4 KiB
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diff -up ncurses-5.9/man/clear.1.clear ncurses-5.9/man/clear.1
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--- ncurses-5.9/man/clear.1.clear 2010-12-04 19:36:44.000000000 +0100
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+++ ncurses-5.9/man/clear.1 2013-01-30 12:33:06.140568071 +0100
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@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fB@CLEAR@\fR clears your screen if this is possible. It looks in the
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environment for the terminal type and then in the \fBterminfo\fR database to
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-figure out how to clear the screen.
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+figure out how to clear the screen. Some terminals can clear also their
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+scrollback buffer to prevent access to potentially sensitive data. If the
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+\fBterminfo\fR entry for the terminal type contains extended capability
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+\fBE3\fR, \fB@CLEAR@\fR will use it to clear the scrollback buffer.
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.PP
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\fB@CLEAR@\fR ignores any command-line parameters that may be present.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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diff -up ncurses-5.9/progs/clear.c.clear ncurses-5.9/progs/clear.c
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--- ncurses-5.9/progs/clear.c.clear 2007-10-14 00:16:02.000000000 +0200
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+++ ncurses-5.9/progs/clear.c 2013-01-30 12:13:10.494509019 +0100
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@@ -52,7 +52,15 @@ main(
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int argc GCC_UNUSED,
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char *argv[]GCC_UNUSED)
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{
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+ char *E3;
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+
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setupterm((char *) 0, STDOUT_FILENO, (int *) 0);
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+
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+ /* Clear the scrollback buffer if possible. */
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+ E3 = tigetstr("E3");
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+ if (E3 && E3 != CANCELLED_STRING)
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+ tputs(E3, lines > 0 ? lines : 1, putch);
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+
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ExitProgram((tputs(clear_screen, lines > 0 ? lines : 1, putch) == ERR)
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? EXIT_FAILURE
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: EXIT_SUCCESS);
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