.TH FGCONSOLE 1 "14 Feburary 2002" "" "Linux User's Manual"

.SH NAME

fgconsole \- print the number of the active VT.

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B fgconsole

.BI [

\-h \-\-help

|

\-V \-\-version

|

\-n \-\-next-available

]

.SH DESCRIPTION

If the active Virtual Terminal is

.IR /dev/ttyN ,

then prints

.I N

on standard output.

If the console is a serial console, then 

"serial" 

is printed instead.

.TP

.I \-h \-\-help

Prints short usage message and exits.

.TP

.I \-V \-\-version

Prints version number and exits.

.TP

.I \-\-next\-available

Will show the next unallocated virtual terminal. Normally 6 virtual

terminals are allocated, with number 7 used for X; this will return

"8" in this case.

.SH NOTES

Under 

.IR devfs ,

the consoles are in 

.IR /dev/vc/N .

.IR devfsd

may maintain symlinks for compatibility.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.BR chvt (1).

.\" .SH "AUTHORS"

.\" Andries Brouwer

.\" .br

.\" Manpage by Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org>