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/terminfo terminal type names
10       with tty lines.  Each line consists of a  terminal  type,  followed  by
11       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 Unixes.
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EXAMPLE

22       A typical /etc/ttytype is:
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24              con80x25 tty1
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FILES

29       /etc/ttytype
30              the tty definitions file.
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SEE ALSO

33       termcap(5), terminfo(5) mingetty(8)
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37Linux                             1993-07-24                        TTYTYPE(5)
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