C Clear screen?

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Name: Blasterman
Date: November 20, 2007 at 19:06:52 Pacific
Subject: C Clear screen?
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Comment:

Is there a universal terminal clear function in C? I'm using Windows XP, but I need this function to work with *nix systems as well.
All the OSes I use:
Windows XP, Windows 98, MS-DOS 6.22, OpenBSD 2.6, DLX Linux. I have 4 computers, one of which is emulated.

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Response Number 1

Name: Razor2.3
Date: November 21, 2007 at 00:29:34 Pacific
Subject: C Clear screen?

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I do believe it's OS dependent. Sorry.

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Response Number 2

Name: IVO
Date: November 21, 2007 at 04:32:04 Pacific
Subject: C Clear screen?

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You may try (#include <stdlib.h>)
if (system("cls")) system("clear");
That works under Win/DOS (either 9X/NT) and Linux/Unix.

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Response Number 3

Name: Razor2.3
Date: November 21, 2007 at 04:55:03 Pacific
Subject: C Clear screen?

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Well, I'd use 'tput clear' (it's been around longer, I think) for the *nix, but yeah, that might be the best way to do it.

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Response Number 4

Name: cup
Date: November 26, 2007 at 12:34:28 Pacific
Subject: C Clear screen?

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Unix - if it is an ANSI terminal, \033[2J will clear the screen.
On Windows 9x/ME, if ANSI.sys is loaded, \033[2J will work.
On Windows NT/2K/XP, have a look at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/li...

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