| 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 | .\" |
| 5 | .\" @(#)ttytype.5 6.1 (Berkeley) %G% |
| 6 | .\" |
| 7 | .TH TTYTYPE 5 "" |
| 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. |