NAME

ttytype − data base of terminal types by port

SYNOPSIS

/etc/ttytype

DESCRIPTION

ttytype is a database containing, for each tty port on the system, the kind of terminal that is attached to it.  There is one line per port, containing the terminal kind (as a name listed in terminfo (4)), a space, and the name of the tty, minus /dev/. 

This information is read by tset(1) to initialize the TERM variable at login time. 

SEE ALSO

tset(1)

BUGS

Some lines are merely known as “dialup” or “plugboard”. 

CX/UX Programmer’s Reference Manual