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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement | |
| 3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. | |
| 4 | .\" | |
| 95f51977 | 5 | .\" @(#)ttytype.5 6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85 |
| a552fbb7 | 6 | .\" |
| 95f51977 | 7 | .TH TTYTYPE 5 "May 15, 1985" |
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8 | .UC 4 |
| 9 | .SH NAME | |
| 10 | ttytype \- data base of terminal types by port | |
| 11 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 12 | /etc/ttytype | |
| 13 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 14 | .I Ttytype | |
| 15 | is a database containing, for each tty port on the system, | |
| 16 | the kind of terminal that is attached to it. | |
| 17 | There is one line per port, | |
| 18 | containing the terminal kind (as a name listed in termcap (5)), | |
| 19 | a space, and the name of the tty, minus /dev/. | |
| 20 | .PP | |
| 21 | This information is read by | |
| 22 | .IR tset (1) | |
| 23 | and by | |
| 24 | .IR login (1) | |
| 25 | to initialize the TERM variable at login time. | |
| 26 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 27 | tset(1), login(1) | |
| 28 | .SH BUGS | |
| 29 | Some lines are merely known as \*(lqdialup\*(rq or \*(lqplugboard\*(rq. |