--- drivers/char/console.c.ori	Tue Jun 12 15:17:17 2001
+++ drivers/char/console.c	Thu Jul 26 17:33:46 2001
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  *
  * Copy and paste function by Andrew Haylett,
  *   some enhancements by Alessandro Rubini.
+ *   get selection into a buffer and length by
+ *       Salvador E. Tropea <salvador@inti.gov.ar>
  *
  * Code to check for different video-cards mostly by Galen Hunt,
  * <g-hunt@ee.utah.edu>
@@ -2204,6 +2206,10 @@
 			return 0;
 		case 12:	/* get fg_console */
 			return fg_console;
+		case 13:	/* get selection into a buffer */
+			return get_selection_buffer(arg);
+		case 14:	/* get selection length */
+			return put_user(get_selection_length(), (unsigned int *)((char *)arg + 1));
 	}
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
--- drivers/char/selection.c.ori	Fri Feb  9 16:30:22 2001
+++ drivers/char/selection.c	Thu Jul 26 17:53:46 2001
@@ -288,6 +288,41 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Copy the contents of the selection buffer into a
+ * user space buffer.
+ * Invoked by ioctl().
+ */
+int get_selection_buffer(const unsigned long arg)
+{
+	char *dest;
+	unsigned int length;
+	 
+	if (get_user(length, (unsigned int *)(arg + sizeof(char))))
+		return -EFAULT;
+	   
+	dest = (char *)(arg + sizeof(char) + sizeof(unsigned int));
+	
+	if (length > sel_buffer_lth)
+		length = sel_buffer_lth;
+	
+	if (sel_buffer) {
+		if (copy_to_user(dest, sel_buffer, length))
+			return -EFAULT;
+	} else {
+		length = 0;
+	}
+	__put_user(length, (unsigned long *)(arg + sizeof(char)));
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Get the selection buffer length.
+ * Invoked by ioctl().
+ */
+unsigned int get_selection_length(void)
+{
+	return sel_buffer ? sel_buffer_lth : 0;
+}
+
 /* Insert the contents of the selection buffer into the
  * queue of the tty associated with the current console.
  * Invoked by ioctl().
--- include/linux/selection.h.ori	Fri Jul 20 16:53:56 2001
+++ include/linux/selection.h	Thu Jul 26 17:40:07 2001
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 extern int sel_loadlut(const unsigned long arg);
 extern int mouse_reporting(void);
 extern void mouse_report(struct tty_struct * tty, int butt, int mrx, int mry);
+extern int get_selection_buffer(const unsigned long arg);
+extern unsigned int get_selection_length(void);
 
 #define video_num_columns	(vc_cons[currcons].d->vc_cols)
 #define video_num_lines		(vc_cons[currcons].d->vc_rows)