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27 .TH TTYTYPE 5 2012-12-31 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
29 ttytype \- terminal device to default terminal type mapping
34 .BR termcap (5)/ terminfo (5)
37 Each line consists of a terminal type, followed by
38 whitespace, followed by a tty name (a device name without the
41 This association is used by the program
43 to set the environment variable
45 to the default terminal name for
46 the user's current tty.
48 This facility was designed for a traditional time-sharing environment
49 featuring character-cell terminals hardwired to a UNIX minicomputer.
50 It is little used on modern workstation and personal UNIX systems.
54 the tty definitions file.