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1 | .TH TTYTYPE 5 10/25/79 5 |
2 | .UC | |
3 | .SH NAME | |
4 | ttytype \- data base of terminal types by port | |
5 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
6 | /etc/ttytype | |
7 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
8 | .I Ttytype | |
9 | is a database containing, for each tty port on the system, | |
10 | the kind of terminal that is attached to it. | |
11 | There is one line per port, | |
12 | containing the terminal kind (as a name listed in termcap (5)), | |
13 | a space, and the name of the tty, minus /dev/. | |
14 | .PP | |
15 | This information is read by | |
16 | .IR tset (1) | |
17 | and by | |
18 | .IR login (1) | |
19 | to initialize the TERM variable at login time. | |
20 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
21 | tset(1), login(1) | |
22 | .SH BUGS | |
23 | Some lines are merely known as ``sd'' (dialup) or ``sp'' (plugboard). |