captoinfo(1M)

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(4) 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

Compatibility

This command produces output in the enhanced terminfo format specified by The Single UNIX Specification, Version 2; see terminfo(4). Earlier versions of this command used the older terminfo format described on oldterminfo(4).

References

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

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.