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NAME
     captoinfo - convert a termcap description  into  a  terminfo
     description

SYNOPSIS
     captoinfo [-v ...]  [-V] [-1] [-w width] file ...

DESCRIPTION
     captoinfo looks in file for termcap descriptions.  For  each
     one  found, an equivalent terminfo description is written to
     standard output, along with any comments found.  A  descrip-
     tion  which  is expressed as relative to another description
     (as specified in the termcap tc = field) will be reduced  to
     the  minimum  superset  before  being output.  If no file is
     given, then the environment variable TERMCAP is used for the
     filename or entry.  If TERMCAP is a full pathname to a file,
     only the terminal whose name is specified in the environment
     variable  TERM is extracted from that file.  If the environ-
     ment  variable  TERMCAP  is   not   set,   then   the   file
     /usr/share/lib/termcap is read.

     -v   print out tracing information on standard error as  the
          program  runs.   Specifying  additional -v options will
          cause more detailed information to be printed.

     -V   print out the version of the program in use on standard
          error and exit.

     -1   cause the fields to print out one to  a  line.   Other-
          wise, the fields will be printed several to a line to a
          maximum width of 60 characters.

     -w   change the output to width characters.

FILES
     /usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/*    Compiled terminal description
     database.

NOTES
     captoinfo should be used to convert termcap entries to  ter-
     minfo  entries  because  the  termcap database (from earlier
     versions of UNIX System V) may not  be  supplied  in  future
     releases.

SEE ALSO
     curses(3X), infocmp(1M), terminfo(4).









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