ttytype(5) | File Formats Manual | ttytype(5) |
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
2024-05-02 | Linux man-pages 6.9.1 |