From 1c07ceab705524da6570f6b2ece13a93236aeb62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "William F. Jolitz" Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1991 15:25:44 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] 386BSD 0.1 development Work on file usr/src/usr.bin/tput/tput.1 Co-Authored-By: Lynne Greer Jolitz Synthesized-from: 386BSD-0.1 --- usr/src/usr.bin/tput/tput.1 | 112 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 112 insertions(+) create mode 100644 usr/src/usr.bin/tput/tput.1 diff --git a/usr/src/usr.bin/tput/tput.1 b/usr/src/usr.bin/tput/tput.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..de570409fa --- /dev/null +++ b/usr/src/usr.bin/tput/tput.1 @@ -0,0 +1,112 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)tput.1 6.4 (Berkeley) 4/23/91 +.\" +.Dd April 23, 1991 +.Dt TPUT 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm tput +.Nd terminal capability interface +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm tput +.Op Fl T Ar term +.Ar attribute +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm Tput +makes terminal-dependent information available to users or shell +applications. +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl T +The terminal name as specified in the +.Xr termcap +database, for example, ``vt100'' or ``xterm''. +If not specified, +.Nm tput +retrieves the +.Dq Ev TERM +variable from the environment. +.El +.Pp +.Nm Tput +outputs a string if the +.Ar attribute +is of type string; a number if it is of type integer. +Otherwise, +.Nm tput +exits 0 if the terminal has the capability and 1 if it does not, +without further action. +.Pp +The following special attributes are available: +.Bl -tag -width Ar +.It Ar clear +Clear the screen (the +.Xr termcap +``cl'' sequence). +.It Ar init +Initialize the terminal (the +.Xr termcap +``is'' sequence). +.It Ar longname +Print the descriptive name of the user's terminal type. +.It Ar reset +Reset the terminal (the +.Xr termcap +``rs'' sequence). +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +The exit value of +.Nm tput +is based on the last attribute specified. +If the attribute is of type string or of type integer, +.Nm tput +exits 0 if the attribute is defined for this terminal type and 1 +if it is not. +If the attribute is of type boolean, +.Nm tput +exits 0 if the terminal has this attribute, and 1 if it does not. +.Nm Tput +exits 2 if any error occurred. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr termcap 3 , +.Xr termcap 5 +.Sh BUGS +.Nm Tput +can't really distinguish between different types of attributes. +This is due to the limited interface in the current version of +.Xr termcap 3 , +and will be fixed in the near future. +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command is +.Ud . -- 2.20.1