python and vc numbers

[Chris Rebert]

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Daniel Dalton <d.dalton at iinet.net.au> wrote:
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> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 07:20:59PM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote:
>> That did the trick, thanks, after I append
>> [-2]
>
> Further testing under screen says otherwise -- it seems to give me the
> tty number, not the virtual console number. Is there any way to figure
> out what virtual console I'm am in so a certain command ran under screen
> process A isn't confused with a command ran under screen process B?

>From what I can find, virtual console == tty.
Quoting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_console_%28PC%29
"The virtual consoles are represented by device special files
/dev/tty1, /dev/tty2 etc."

Also, in my quickie newbie experimentation with `screen`, each screen
"window" seems to get a unique tty#. Admittedly I am running OS X
here, so if your notion of "virtual console" differs from Wikipedia's
and is Linux-specific or something...

Perhaps if you could explain your problem in greater detail?

Cheers,
Chris
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