VC-LOCK(8)

🎀 VC-LOCK(8): The vc-lock program 🎀

okay bestie, this is the manual for The vc-lock program — yes, that’s the manual name, and today we’re locking virtual consoles. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

vc-lock console command [arg ...]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

vc-lock takes the console you give it and uses that console to lock all virtual consoles. The whole vibe is: it disables console switching, runs command over and over until that command exits zero, then re-enables console switching and exits. 🫶

The console can be specified as a file descriptor or a path — typically you’ll see it given as /dev/tty. 📁

🚨 Caveat time, no cap: currently, vc-lock is only known to work on Linux systems. Like, that’s the only place it’s known to work. Don’t @ me.

That’s literally the whole page, bestie. The footer just says The vc-lock program() — no source, version, or date info was included, so I’m not inventing one. 💜