captoinfo(1M)    UNIX System V(Terminal Information Utilities)    captoinfo(1M)


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 description 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 environment 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.  Otherwise, 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 terminfo 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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