tic

 

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 Maintenance Commands                                      tic(1M)
 
 
 


NAME
      tic - terminfo compiler
 


SYNOPSIS
      tic [ -v [ n ]  ]  [ -c ]  file
 


DESCRIPTION
      The command tic translates a terminfo file from  the  source
      format  into  the compiled format. The results are placed in
      the directory /usr/share/lib/terminfo. The  compiled  format
      is   necessary   for   use  with  the  library  routines  in
      curses(3CURSES).
 
      If the environment variable TERMINFO is  set,  the  compiled
      results are placed there instead of /usr/share/lib/terminfo.
 
      Total compiled entries cannot exceed 4096  bytes.  The  name
      field  cannot  exceed 128 bytes. Terminal names exceeding 14
      characters will be truncated to 14 characters and a  warning
      message will be printed.
 


OPTIONS
      -vn   Specify that (verbose) output be written  to  standard
            error  trace  information  showing tic's progress. The
            optional integer n is a number from 1 to 10,  indicat-
            ing  the  desired level of detail of information. If n
            is omitted, the default level is 1. If n is  specified
            and greater than 1, the level of detail is increased.
 
      -c    Specifies to check only file  for  errors.  Errors  in
            use= links are not detected.
 
      file  Contains one or more terminfo terminal descriptions in
            source  format  [see terminfo(4)]. Each description in
            the file describes the capabilities  of  a  particular
            terminal. When a use=entry-name field is discovered in
            a terminal entry currently being compiled,  tic  reads
            in the binary from /usr/share/lib/terminfo to complete
            the entry.  (Entries created from file  will  be  used
            first.  If  the  environment variable TERMINFO is set,
            that    directory    is    searched     instead     of
            /usr/share/lib/terminfo.) tic duplicates the capabili-
            ties in entry-name for the  current  entry,  with  the
            exception  of  those  capabilities that are explicitly
            defined in the current entry.
 


FILES
      /usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/*
            compiled terminal description database
 


ATTRIBUTES
 
 
 
 
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 Maintenance Commands                                      tic(1M)
 
 
 
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
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     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      captoinfo(1M),  infocmp(1M),  curses(3CURSES),  terminfo(4),
      attributes(5)
 


NOTES
      When  an  entry,  for  example,  entry_name_1,  contains   a
      use=entry_name_2   field,   any   canceled  capabilities  in
      entry_name_2 must also appear in  entry_name_1  before  use=
      for these capabilities to be canceled in entry_name_1.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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