.TH FGCONSOLE 1 "14 February 2002" "kbd"

.SH NAME
fgconsole \- print the number of the active VT.

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fgconsole
[
.B \-h \-\-help
|
.B \-V \-\-version
|
.B \-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 .
.I devfsd
may maintain symlinks for compatibility.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR chvt (1).
.\" .SH "AUTHORS"
.\" Andries Brouwer
.\" .br
.\" Manpage by Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org>