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ttytype − terminal device to default terminal type mapping |
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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. |
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A typical /etc/ttytype is: |
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con80x25 tty1 |
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/etc/ttytype |
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the tty definitions file. |
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getty(1), terminfo(5), termcap(5) |