captoinfo(1M)							 captoinfo(1M)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     captoinfo - convert a termcap description into a terminfo description

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     captoinfo [-v ...]	[-V] [-1] [-w width] file ...

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     captoinfo looks in	file for termcap descriptions.	For each one found, an
     equivalent	terminfo description is	written	to standard output, along with
     any comments found.  A description	that is	expressed as relative to
     another description (as specified in the termcap tc = field) is reduced
     to	the minimum superset before being output.

     If	no file	is given, the environment variable TERMCAP is used for the
     filename or entry.	 If TERMCAP is a full pathname to a file, only the
     terminal whose name is specified in the environment variable TERM is
     extracted from that file.	If the environment variable TERMCAP is not
     set, then the file	/usr/share/lib/termcap is read.

     -v		Print out tracing information on standard error	as the program
		runs.  Specifying additional -v	options	causes more detailed
		information to be printed.

     -V		Print out the version of the program in	use on standard	error
		and exit.

     -1		Print out fields one to	a line.	 Otherwise, the	fields are
		printed	several	to a line to a maximum width of	60 characters.

     -w	width	Change the output to width characters.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/*   Compiled terminal description database.

NOTES    [Toc]    [Back]

     captoinfo should be used to convert termcap entries to terminfo entries
     because the termcap database (from	earlier	versions of UNIX System	V) may
     not be supplied in	future releases.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     infocmp(1M), curses(3X), terminfo(4).


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