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NAME
     tic - terminfo compiler

SYNOPSIS
     tic [-v[n]] [-c] file

DESCRIPTION
     The command tic translates a terminfo file from  the  source
     format  into the compiled format.  The results are placed in
     the directory /usr/share/lib/terminfo.  The compiled  format
     is   necessary   for   use  with  the  library  routines  in
     curses(3X).

     -vn     specifies that (verbose) output be written to  stan-
             dard error trace information showing tic's progress.
             The optional integer n is a number  from  1  to  10,
             inclusive, indicating the desired level of detail of
             information.  If n is omitted, the default level  is
             1.   If n is specified and greater than 1, the level
             of detail is increased.

     -c      specifies to check only file for errors.  Errors  in
             use= links are not detected.

     file    contains one or more terminfo terminal  descriptions
             in  source  format [see terminfo(4)].  Each descrip-
             tion in the file describes  the  capabilities  of  a
             particular terminal.  When a use=entry-name field is
             discovered in a terminal entry currently being  com-
             piled,    tic    reads    in    the    binary   from
             /usr/share/lib/terminfo  to  complete   the   entry.
             (Entries  created  from file will be used first.  If
             the  environment  variable  TERMINFO  is  set,  that
             directory      is      searched      instead      of
             /usr/share/lib/terminfo.)  tic duplicates the  capa-
             bilities  in  entry-name for the current entry, with
             the exception of those capabilities that  explicitly
             are  defined  in the current entry.  If the environ-
             ment variable TERMINFO is set, the compiled  results
             are placed there instead of /usr/share/lib/terminfo.
             Total compiled entries  cannot  exceed  4096  bytes.
             The  name  field  cannot exceed 128 bytes.  Terminal
             names exceeding 14 characters will be  truncated  to
             14 characters and a warning message will be printed.

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

NOTES
     When   an   entry,   e.g.,    entryname1,    contains    a
     use=entry_name_2   field,   any   canceled  capabilities  in



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     entry_name_2 must also appear in  entryname1  before  use=
     for these capabilities to be canceled in entryname1.

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


















































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