TTYTYPE(5) Linux Programmer's Manual TTYTYPE(5)NAMEttytype - 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.
FILES
/etc/ttytype
the tty definitions file.
EXAMPLE
A typical /etc/ttytype is:
con80x25 tty1
vt320 ttys0
SEE ALSOtermcap(5), terminfo(5), agetty(8), mingetty(8)COLOPHON
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Linux 1993-07-24 TTYTYPE(5)