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
       termcap(5), terminfo(5), agetty(8), mingetty(8)

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