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.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 [ "--help" | "--version" | "--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 \-\-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>