/*
 * The olsr.org Optimized Link-State Routing daemon(olsrd)
 * Copyright (c) 2004, Thomas Lopatic (thomas@lopatic.de)
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 * $Id: misc.c,v 1.6 2007/08/02 21:58:43 bernd67 Exp $
 */


#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include "misc.h"
#include "olsr_types.h"

void clear_console(void)
{
  static int len = -1;
  static char clear_buff[100];
  int i;

  if (len < 0)
    {
      FILE *pip = popen("clear", "r");
      for (len = 0; len < (int)sizeof(clear_buff); len++)
        {
          int c = fgetc(pip);
          if (c == EOF)
            break;

          clear_buff[len] = c;
        }

      pclose(pip);
    }

  for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
    fputc(clear_buff[i], stdout);

  fflush(stdout);
}