ttytype

TTYTYPE(5)                 Linux Programmer's Manual                TTYTYPE(5)



NAME
       ttytype - terminal device to default terminal type mapping

DESCRIPTION
       The  /etc/ttytype  file associates termcap/terminfo 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 Unixes.

EXAMPLE
       A typical /etc/ttytype is:

              con80x25 tty1
              vt320 ttys0


FILES
       /etc/ttytype
              the tty definitions file.

SEE ALSO
       getty(1), terminfo(5), termcap(5)








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