tic(1) [ultrix man page]
tic(1) General Commands Manual tic(1) Name tic - terminfo compiler Syntax tic [ -v[n] ] [ file ... ] Description The command translates files from the source format into the compiled format. The results are placed in the directory The compiled format is necessary for use with the library routines described in The file argument contains one or more terminal descriptions in source format. If no file argument is present, the standard input is read. The command compiles all terminfo descriptions in the given files. Each description in the file describes the capabilities of a particular terminal. When a use=entry_name field is discovered, duplicates the capabilities in entry_name for the current entry, with the exception of the capabilities that are explicitly defined in the current entry. If the environment variable TERMINFO is set, the results are placed there instead of in The variable TERMINFO must be a directory pathname. The compiled results are placed in subdirectories of the directory specified by the TERMINFO environment variable. -v[n] Causes to output trace information showing its progress (verbose mode). The optional integer n is a number from 1 to 10, inclu- sive, indicating the desired level of information. If n is greater than 1, the level of detail is increased. If n is omitted, the default is 1. Restrictions Total compiled entries cannot exceed 4096 bytes. The entry_name field cannot exceed 128 bytes. When an entry, for example entry_name_1, contains a use=entry_name_2 field, any canceled capabilities in entry_name_2 must also appear in entry_name_1 before use= for these capabilities to be canceled in entry_name_1. Files Compiled terminal capability data base See Also intro(3cur), terminfo(5) Guide to X/Open curses Screen Handling tic(1)
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tic(1M) System Administration Commands 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(3CURSES). 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 truncated to 14 characters and a warning message will be printed. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: -c Specifies to check only file for errors. Errors in use= links are not detected. -v[n] Specify 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, indicating the desired level of detail of information. If n is omitted, the default level is 1. If n is spec- ified and greater than 1, the level of detail is increased. OPERANDS
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 environ- ment variable TERMINFO is set, that directory is searched instead of /usr/share/lib/terminfo.) tic duplicates the capabilities in entry-name for the current entry, with the exception of those capabilities that are explicitly defined in the current entry. FILES
/usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/* Compiled terminal description database ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
captoinfo(1M), infocmp(1M), curses(3CURSES), terminfo(4), attributes(5) NOTES
When an entry, for example, entry_name_1, contains a use=entry_name_2 field, any canceled capabilities in entry_name_2 must also appear in entry_name_1 before use= for these capabilities to be canceled in entry_name_1. SunOS 5.10 5 Jul 1990 tic(1M)