infotocap(1m) — Linux manual page

infotocap(1M)                 User commands                 infotocap(1M)

NAME         top

       infotocap - convert a terminfo description into a termcap
       description

SYNOPSIS         top

       infotocap [tic-option] file ...

       infotocap -V

DESCRIPTION         top

       infotocap translates terminal descriptions.  It looks in each
       given text file for terminfo entries and, for each one found,
       writes an analogous termcap description to the standard output
       stream.  terminfo “use” capabilities translate to termcap tc
       capabilities.  Because termcap is a less expressive format than
       terminfo, some capabilities cannot be translated.

       This utility is implemented as a link to tic(1M), with the
       latter's -C option implied.  You can use other tic options such as
       -1, -f, -v, -w, and -x.  The -V option reports the version of
       ncurses associated with this program and exits with a successful
       status.

FILES         top

       terminfo
              compiled terminal description database

EXTENSIONS         top

       This command is an ncurses extension.

PORTABILITY         top

       X/Open Curses Issue 7 (2009) does not specify this command.  SVr4
       and NetBSD curses do not implement it.

AUTHORS         top

       Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
       Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>

SEE ALSO         top

       infocmp(1M), tic(1M), curses(3X), terminfo(5)

COLOPHON         top

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