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infotocap 1m 2023-12-10 ncurses 6.4 User commands

infotocap(1m)                    User commands                   infotocap(1m)




NAME

       infotocap - convert a terminfo description into a termcap description


SYNOPSIS

       infotocap [tic-option] file ...

       infotocap -V


DESCRIPTION

       infotocap  translates  terminal  descriptions.   It looks in each given
       text file for terminfo entries and, For each one found,  it  writes  an
       analogous  termcap description to the standard output stream.  terminfo
       "use" capabilities  translate  to  termcap  tc  capabilities.   Because
       termcap  is  a  less expressive format than terminfo, some capabilities
       cannot be translated.

       This utility is implemented as a link to tic(1m), with the latter's  -C
       option  implied.  You can use other tic options such as -1, -f, -v, -w,
       and -x.  The -V option reports the version of ncurses  associated  with
       this program and exits with a successful status.


FILES

       /usr/share/terminfo
              compiled terminal description database


PORTABILITY

       None  of  X/Open  Curses, Issue 7 (2009), SVr4, or NetBSD document this
       application.


AUTHORS

       Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
       Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>


SEE ALSO

       infocmp(1m), tic(1m), curses(3x), terminfo(5)



ncurses 6.4                       2023-12-10                     infotocap(1m)