captoinfo(1M)															     captoinfo(1M)

NAME

       captoinfo - convert a termcap description into a terminfo description

SYNOPSIS

       n] [filenames]

DESCRIPTION

       looks  in  filenames for termcap(3X) descriptions.  For each one found, an equivalent terminfo(4) description is written to standard output
       along with any comments found.  The short two letter name at the beginning of the list of names in a entry, a holdover from Version 6 UNIX,
       is  removed.   Any  description that is expressed relative to another description (as specified in the tc= field) is reduced to the minimum
       superset before output.

       If no filename is given, the environment variable is used for the filename or entry.  If is a full pathname to a file,  only  the  terminal
       whose name is specified in the environment variable is extracted from that file.  If the environment variable is not set, the file is read.

   Options
       captoinfo recognizes the following options:

	      Print one field per line.
		     If this option is not selected, multiple fields are printed on each line up to a maximum width of 60 characters.

	      Print (verbose) tracing information as the program runs.
		     Additional options print more information (for example or

	      Change the output width to
		     n characters.

DIAGNOSTICS

       The termcap entry is not valid.
		 In particular, check for an invalid 'tc=' entry.

       The termcap description had an entry for 'cc' whose type was not
		 boolean, numeric or string.

       The boolean termcap entry 'cc' was entered as a numeric or string capability.

       An unknown termcap code was specified.

       The terminal type specified could not be found in the termcap file.

       The termcap code was specified as a null string.
		 The  correct  way  to	cancel	an entry is with an as in Giving a null string could cause incorrect assumptions to be made by any
		 software that uses termcap or terminfo.

       When parsing the 'ko' capability, the key 'cc' was specified as
		 having the same value as the capability 'cc', but the key 'cc' already had a value assigned to it.

       A key that could not be handled was specified in the 'ko' capability.

       The 'ma' capability specified a function key with a value different from
		 that specified in another setting of the same key.

       A vi key unknown to captoinfo was specified in the 'ma' capability.

       assumes that the sg (now xmc) and ug values were the same.

       The parameterized string being created should be rewritten by hand.

       The terminal type was null.
		 This occurs when is null or not set.

       The specified file could not be opened.

       This termcap capability is no longer supported in terminfo,
		 and therefore cannot be translated.

WARNINGS

       Certain defaults are assumed to be true.  For example, the bell character bel) is assumed to be The linefeed capability nl) is  assumed	to
       be the same for both and cud1 and ind, respectively).  Padding information is assumed to belong at the end of the string.

       The  algorithm  used  to expand parameterized information for fields such as cm, cup) sometimes produces a string which, though technically
       correct, may not be optimal.  In particular, the rarely used operation produces strings that are  especially  long.   Most  occurrences	of
       these less than optimal strings are flagged with a warning message, and may need to be recoded by hand.

       HP  supports  only  terminals  listed on the current list of supported devices.	However, the terminfo database contains both supported and
       nonsupported terminals.	If you use nonsupported terminals, they may not work correctly.

AUTHOR

       was developed by AT&T.

SEE ALSO

       tic(1M), untic(1M), termcap(3X), terminfo(4), infocmp(1M).

																     captoinfo(1M)