TTYTYPE

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (5)
Updated: 24 July 1993
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NAME

ttytype - terminal name and device list  

DESCRIPTION

Ttytype is an ASCII file that lists the names of terminals, as used in termcap, in association with the names of the ttys (minus /dev/) to which they are attached. It is used by the program tset to set the environment variable TERM to the correct terminal name for the user's current tty.  

EXAMPLE

A typical /etc/ttytype is:

con80x25 tty1
vt320 ttys0

 

FILES

/etc/ttytype  

SEE ALSO

getty(1), termcap(5)


 

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