ttytype(5)
NAME
ttytype - terminal device to default terminal type mapping
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/ttytype file associates termcap/terminfo terminal type names
with tty lines. Each line consists of a terminal type, followed by
whitespace, followed by a tty name (a device name without the /dev/)
prefix.
This association is used by the program tset(1) to set the environment variable TERM to the default terminal name for the user's current tty.
This facility was designed for a traditional time-sharing environment
featuring character-cell terminals hardwired to a Unix minicomputer.
It is little used on modern workstation and personal Unixes.
EXAMPLE
- A typical /etc/ttytype is:
- con80x25 tty1
vt320 ttys0
FILES
- /etc/ttytype
- the tty definitions file.