CAPTOINFO(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures CAPTOINFO(8)

NAME

captoinfo - convert a termcap description into a terminfo description

SYNOPSIS

captoinfo [-1] [-v]... [-V] [-w width] filename...

DESCRIPTION

captoinfo looks in filename for termcap descriptions. For each one
found, an equivalent terminfo description is written to standard
output, along with any comments found. A description which is
expressed as relative to another description (as specified in the
termcap tc = field) is reduced to the minimum superset before being
displayed.


If no filename is given, then the environment variable TERMCAP is
used for the filename or entry. If TERMCAP is a full pathname to a
file, only the terminal whose name is specified in the environment
variable TERM is extracted from that file. If the environment
variable TERMCAP is not set, then the file /usr/share/lib/termcap is
read.

OPTIONS

-1
Display the fields one to a line. Otherwise, the fields
are printed several to a line, with a maximum width of 60
characters.


-v
Display tracing information on the standard error as the
program runs. Specifying additional -v options displays
more detailed information.


-V
Display the version of the program in use on the standard
error and then exit.


-w width
Change the output to width characters.

FILES

/usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/*

compiled terminal description database


/usr/share/lib/termcap

SEE ALSO

curses(3CURSES), terminfo(5), attributes(7), infocmp(8)

NOTES

captoinfo should be used to convert termcap entries to terminfo
entries because the termcap database may not be supplied in future
releases.

May 18, 1993 CAPTOINFO(8)