| /etc/terminfo | compiled terminal description database |
NAME
infotocap - convert a terminfo description into a termcap description
SYNOPSIS
infotocap [tic-option] file ...
infotocap -V
DESCRIPTION
infotocap translates terminal descriptions. It looks in each given text file for terminfo entries and, for each one found, it writes an analogous termcap description to the standard output stream. terminfo “use” capabilities translate to termcaptc capabilities. Because termcap is a less expressive format than terminfo, some capabilities cannot be translated.
This utility is implemented as a link to tic(1), with the latter's -C option implied. You can use other tic options such as -1, -f, -v, -w, and -x. The -V option reports the version of ncurses associated with this program and exits with a successful status.
FILES
- /etc/terminfo
compiled terminal description database
PORTABILITY
None of X/Open Curses Issue 7 (2009), SVr4, or NetBSD document this application.
AUTHORS
Eric S. Raymond <[email protected]> and Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]>
SEE ALSO
infocmp(1), tic(1), ncurses(3NCURSES), terminfo(5)