ncurses 5.9 - patch 20131214

[ncurses.git] / progs / clear.c

diff --git a/progs/clear.c b/progs/clear.c
index 4e4aaa98aabcae242195f50274b52cddde191d03..4ac503ed3641570468eac4a4e00bab24ecc74400 100644 (file)
--- a/progs/clear.c
+++ b/progs/clear.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2005,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
  *                                                                          *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
  * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@
  * clear.c --  clears the terminal's screen
  */
 
+#define USE_LIBTINFO
 #include <progs.priv.h>
 
-MODULE_ID("$Id: clear.c,v 1.10 2006/05/20 17:47:47 tom Exp $")
+MODULE_ID("$Id: clear.c,v 1.13 2013/06/22 22:20:54 tom Exp $")
 
 static int
 putch(int c)
@@ -51,7 +52,15 @@ main(
        int argc GCC_UNUSED,
        char *argv[]GCC_UNUSED)
 {
+    char *E3;
+
     setupterm((char *) 0, STDOUT_FILENO, (int *) 0);
+
+    /* Clear the scrollback buffer if possible. */
+    E3 = tigetstr("E3");
+    if (E3)
+       (void) tputs(E3, lines > 0 ? lines : 1, putch);
+
     ExitProgram((tputs(clear_screen, lines > 0 ? lines : 1, putch) == ERR)
                ? EXIT_FAILURE
                : EXIT_SUCCESS);