man5/ttytype.5

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  27 .TH TTYTYPE 5 2012-12-31 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
  28 .SH NAME
  29 ttytype \- terminal device to default terminal type mapping
  30 .SH DESCRIPTION
  31 The
  32 .I /etc/ttytype
  33 file associates
  34 .BR termcap (5)/ terminfo (5)
  35 terminal type names
  36 with tty lines.
  37 Each line consists of a terminal type, followed by
  38 whitespace, followed by a tty name (a device name without the
  39 .IR /dev/ ") prefix."
  40
  41 This association is used by the program
  42 .BR tset (1)
  43 to set the environment variable
  44 .B TERM
  45 to the default terminal name for
  46 the user's current tty.
  47
  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.
  51 .SH FILES
  52 .TP
  53 .I /etc/ttytype
  54 the tty definitions file.
  55 .SH EXAMPLE
  56 A typical
  57 .I /etc/ttytype
  58 is:
  59 .RS
  60 .sp
  61 con80x25 tty1
  62 .br
  63 vt320 ttys0
  64 .RE
  65 .SH SEE ALSO
  66 .BR termcap (5),
  67 .BR terminfo (5),
  68 .BR agetty (8),
  69 .BR mingetty (8)