[ipxe-devel] [PATCH] Add clearscreen command

Marc Hammer marchammer at arcor.de
Wed Feb 1 19:40:01 UTC 2012


In first place the command was only intended for scripting.
I am also not quite sure how often the cli is used in a production
environment.

But if a key combination is wanted from a few users I will at least take
a look if its not to hard to implement.
If so I will update my patch.

-- Marc

Andrew Bobulsky schrieb:
> I'm a fan (in concept) of a key combination, but my gut says its not
> very necessary.
>
> The last time I got very involved with a server/client scripting setup
> (admittedly with gPXE), one of the problems I had was that, using
> authenticated menus, you'd constantly see credentials being thrown
> around in the GETs that were on lines above the initrds and kernels. A
> scriptable clearscreen command handles that quite nicely :)
>
> Regardless, I'm always a fan of simple, new features.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew Bobulsky
>
> On Jan 31, 2012, at 2:51 AM, "Robin Smidsrød" <robin at smidsrod.no> wrote:
>
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