TTYTYPE(5) — FILE FORMATS
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 termcap(5)), a SPACE, and the name of the tty, minus /dev/.
This information is read by tset(1) and by login(1) to initialize the TERM variable at login time.
FILES
/dev/
SEE ALSO
BUGS
Some lines are merely known as “dialup” or “plugboard”.
Sun Release 4.0 — Last change: 19 October 1987