captoinfo(1M)                                          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.

       NOTICES
             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.




                           Copyright 1994 Novell, Inc.               Page 1

      captoinfo(1M)                                          captoinfo(1M)


      REFERENCES
            curses(3curses), infocmp(1M), terminfo(4)














































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