infotocap(1) User commands infotocap(1)
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 analo-
gous 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 trans-
lated.
This utility is implemented as a link to tic(1), 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
/etc/terminfo
compiled terminal description database
PORTABILITY
None of X/Open Curses Issue 7 (2009), SVr4, or NetBSD document this ap-
plication.
AUTHORS
Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
SEE ALSO
infocmp(1), tic(1), ncurses(3NCURSES), terminfo(5)
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