tic(1M)                                                             tic(1M)

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).

OPTIONS
     -vn  Specifies that (verbose) output be written to standard 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 description in the file describes
          the capabilities of a particular terminal. When a use=entry-name
          field is discovered in a terminal entry currently being compiled,
          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 capabili-
          ties in entry-name for the current entry, with the exception of
          those capabilities that explicitly are defined in the current
          entry.

     If the environment 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 trun-
     cated to 14 characters and a warning message will be printed.

NOTES
     When an entry, such as entryname1, contains a use=entryname2
     field, any canceled capabilities in entryname2 must also appear in
     entryname1 before use= for these capabilities to be canceled in
     entryname1.

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




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tic(1M)                                                             tic(1M)

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




















































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