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CentOS 5.5 |
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ttytype(5) |
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ttytype − terminal device to default terminal type mapping
The /etc/ttytype file associates termcap/terminfo terminal type names with tty lines. Each line consists of a terminal type, followed by whitespace, followed by a tty name (a device name without the /dev/) prefix.
This association is used by the program tset(1) to set the environment variable TERM to the default terminal name for the user’s current tty.
This facility was designed for a traditional time-sharing environment featuring character-cell terminals hardwired to a Unix minicomputer. It is little used on modern workstation and personal Unixes.
A typical /etc/ttytype is:
con80x25 tty1
vt320 ttys0
/etc/ttytype
the tty definitions file.
getty(1), termcap(5), terminfo(5)
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