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The Format of the Data Base
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The termcap data base of terminal descriptions is stored in the file
`/etc/termcap'. It contains terminal descriptions, blank lines, and
comments.
A terminal description starts with one or more names for the
terminal type. The information in the description is a series of
"capability names" and values. The capability names have standard
meanings (Capabilities) and their values describe the terminal.
* Menu:
* Format Overall format of a terminal description.
* Capability Format Format of capabilities within a description.
* Naming Naming conventions for terminal types.
* Inheriting Inheriting part of a description from
a related terminal type.
* Changing When changes in the data base take effect.