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| .TH TTYTYPE 5 2020-06-09 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| ttytype \- terminal device to default terminal type mapping |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| The |
| .I /etc/ttytype |
| file associates |
| .BR termcap (5)/ terminfo (5) |
| 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 |
| .IR /dev/ ") prefix." |
| .PP |
| This association is used by the program |
| .BR tset (1) |
| to set the environment variable |
| .B TERM |
| to the default terminal name for |
| the user's current tty. |
| .PP |
| 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 UNIX systems. |
| .SH FILES |
| .TP |
| .I /etc/ttytype |
| the tty definitions file. |
| .SH EXAMPLES |
| A typical |
| .I /etc/ttytype |
| is: |
| .PP |
| .in +4n |
| .EX |
| con80x25 tty1 |
| vt320 ttys0 |
| .EE |
| .in |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR termcap (5), |
| .BR terminfo (5), |
| .BR agetty (8), |
| .BR mingetty (8) |
