-f forces a VT to be opened without checking whether it already is in
use. The option works as intended, but is not documented anywhere
except for a message printed if a VT is found to be busy.
Signed-off-by: Michael Schutte <michi@uiae.at>
Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <legion@altlinux.org>
Use the given VT number and not the first available. Note you
must have write access to the supplied VT for this to work.
.TP
+.I "\-f"
+Force opening a VT without checking whether it is already in use.
+.TP
.I "\-e"
Directly execute the given command, without forking.
This option is meant for use in
void usage(int stat)
{
fprintf(stderr, _(
- "Usage: openvt [-c vtnumber] [-l] [-u] [-s] [-v] [-w] -- command_line\n"));
+ "Usage: openvt [-c vtnumber] [-f] [-l] [-u] [-s] [-v] [-w] -- command_line\n"));
exit (stat);
}