1TTYTYPE(5)                 Linux Programmer's Manual                TTYTYPE(5)
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NAME

6       ttytype - terminal device to default terminal type mapping
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DESCRIPTION

9       The  /etc/ttytype  file associates termcap(5)/terminfo(5) terminal type
10       names with tty lines.  Each line consists of a terminal type,  followed
11       by whitespace, followed by a tty name (a device name without the /dev/)
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14       This association is used by the program tset(1) to set the  environment
15       variable TERM to the default terminal name for the user's current tty.
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17       This  facility  was designed for a traditional time-sharing environment
18       featuring character-cell terminals hardwired to  a  UNIX  minicomputer.
19       It is little used on modern workstation and personal UNIX systems.
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FILES

22       /etc/ttytype
23              the tty definitions file.
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EXAMPLE

26       A typical /etc/ttytype is:
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28           con80x25 tty1
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SEE ALSO

32       termcap(5), terminfo(5), agetty(8), mingetty(8)
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COLOPHON

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36       description of the project, information about reporting bugs,  and  the
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