tputs() Terminal-Independent Operation tputs() Read/decode leading padding information tputs(cp, affcnt, outc) register char *cp; int affcnt; int (*outc)(); tputs is one of a set of functions that permit COHERENT to per- form terminal-independent operations. It decodes the leading padding information of the string name. affcnt is the number of lines affected by the operation, and is set to one if it is not applicable. outc is a routine called to write each character. ***** Files ***** /etc/termcap -- Terminal capabilities data base /usr/lib/libterm.a -- Function library ***** See Also ***** termcap, terminal-independent operation COHERENT Lexicon Page 1