ttytype

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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