ttytype
Section: File Formats (5)
Updated: 2023-01-22
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NAME
ttytype - terminal device to default terminal type mapping
DESCRIPTION
The
/etc/ttytype
file associates
termcap(5)
and
terminfo(5)
terminal type names
with tty lines.
Each line consists of a terminal type, followed by
whitespace, followed by a tty name (a device name without the
/dev/
prefix).
This association is used by the program
tset(1)
to set the environment variable
TERM
to the default terminal name for
the user's current tty.
This facility was designed for a traditional time-sharing environment
featuring character-cell terminals hardwired to a UNIX minicomputer.
It is little used on modern workstation and personal UNIX systems.
FILES
- /etc/ttytype
-
the tty definitions file.
EXAMPLES
A typical
/etc/ttytype
is:
con80x25 tty1
vt320 ttys0
SEE ALSO
termcap(5),
terminfo(5),
agetty(8),
mingetty(8)
Index
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- EXAMPLES
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