osf1 man page for termcap

termcap(3x)															       termcap(3x)

NAME
       tgetent, tgetnum, tgetflag, tgetstr, tgoto, tputs - Terminal independent operation routines

LIBRARY
       Termcap library (libtermcap.a or libtermlib.a)

SYNOPSIS
       char PC;
       char *BC;
       char *UP;
       short ospeed;

       tgetent(bp, name)
       char *bp, *name;

       tgetnum(id)
       char *iid;

       tgetflag(id)
       char *id;

       char *
       tgetstr(id, area)
       char *id, **area;

       char *
       tgoto(cm, destcol, destline)
       char *cm;

       tputs(cp, affcnt, outc)
       register char *cp;
       int affcnt;
       int (*outc)();

DESCRIPTION
       These functions extract and use capabilities from the terminal capability database termcap(4).  These are low level routines; see curses(3)
       for a higher level package.

       The tgetent function extracts the entry for terminal name into the buffer at bp.  The bp capability should be a character  buffer  of  size
       1024  and  must	be  retained through all subsequent calls to tgetnum, tgetflag, and tgetstr.  The tgetent returns -1 if it cannot open the
       termcap file, 0 if the terminal name given does not have an entry, and 1 for success.  It will look in the environment for a TERMCAP  vari-
       able.   If  found,  and	the value does not begin with a slash, and the terminal type name is the same as the environment string TERM.  The
       TERMCAP string is used instead of reading the termcap file.  If it does begin with a slash, the string is used as a path name  rather  than
       /usr/share/lib/termcap.	 This can speed up entry into programs that call tgetent, as well as to help debug new terminal descriptions or to
       make one for your terminal if you cannot write the file /usr/share/lib/termcap.

       The tgetnum function gets the numeric value of capability id, returning -1 if is not given for the terminal.

       The tgetflag function returns 1 if the specified capability is present in the terminal's entry, 0 if it is not.

       The tgetstr returns the string value of the capability id, places it in the buffer at area, and advances the area pointer.  It decodes  the
       abbreviations  for  this field described in termcap(4), except for cursor addressing and padding information.  The tgetstr function returns
       NULL if the capability was not found.

       The tgoto function returns a cursor addressing string decoded from cm to go to column destcol in line destline.	It uses the external vari-
       ables UP (from the up capability) and BC (if bc is given rather than bs) if necessary to avoid placing 
, ^D or ^@ in the returned string.
       (Programs which call tgoto should be sure to turn off the XTABS bit(s), since tgoto may now output a tab.  Note that, in general,  programs
       using  termcap  should turn off XTABS anyway since some terminals use Control-I for other functions, such as nondestructive space.)  If a %
       sequence is given which is not understood, tgoto returns OOPS.

       The tputs function decodes the leading padding information of the string cp.  The affcnt parameter gives the number of  lines  affected	by
       the  operation,	or  1  if this is not applicable.  The outc parameter is the name of a routine that is called with each character in turn.
       The external variable ospeed should contain the output speed of the terminal as encoded by stty().  The external variable PC should contain
       a pad character to be used (from the pc capability) if a null (^@) is inappropriate.

FILES
       Termcap library (also known as termlib) Standard terminal capability database Backwards-compatible soft link to /usr/share/lib/termcap

RELATED INFORMATION
       curses(3), curs_termcap(3), termcap(4) delim off

																       termcap(3x)