console.7 (2010 09)

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console(7) console(7)
NAME
console, systty, syscon - system console interface
DESCRIPTION
/dev/console provides a termio interface to the device configured as the system console. The
init (1M) manpage discusses the uses of
/dev/systty and /dev/syscon.
Output data normally sent to the console, either through
/dev/console or generated by a kernel
printf(), may be redirected to another terminal or pseudo-terminal device through the
TIOCCONS
ioctl(). See termio (7) for details.
FILES
/dev/console
/dev/systty
/dev/syscon
SEE ALSO
init(1M), termio(7).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
console: SVID2, SVID3, XPG2
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