Sane-ify the screen clearing stuff.

 -Erik

diff --git a/coreutils/watch.c b/coreutils/watch.c
index 78ede4c1ce30f41ce9a91433250ddfaf424ed7a7..a4b1f64b60d563fc14a706d5dd5acaed3170a912 100644 (file)
--- a/coreutils/watch.c
+++ b/coreutils/watch.c
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 extern int watch_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
        const char date_argv[2][10] = { "date", "" };
-       const char clrscr[] =
-               "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n";
        const int header_len = 40;
        char header[header_len + 1];
        int period = 2;
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ extern int watch_main(int argc, char **argv)
        old_stdout = dup(1);
 
        while (1) {
-               printf("%s%s", clrscr, header);
+               printf("\033[H\033[J%s", header);
                date_main(1, (char **) date_argv);
                printf("\n");