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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.