ultrix man page for termcap

termcap(3x)															       termcap(3x)

Name
       tgetent, tgetnum, tgetflag, tgetstr, tgoto, tputs - terminal independent operation routines

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

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

       tgetnum(id)
       char *id;

       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 data base These are low level routines; see for a higher level
       package.

       The function extracts the entry for terminal name into the buffer at bp.  The bp should be a character buffer of  size  1024  and  must	be
       retained through all subsequent calls to and The function returns -1 if it cannot open the file, 0 if the terminal name given does not have
       an entry, and 1 if all goes well.  It will look in the environment for a TERMCAP variable.  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 pathname rather than This can speed up entry into programs that call as  well
       as to help debug new terminal descriptions or to make one for your terminal if you cannot write the file

       The  function gets the numeric value of capability id, returning -1 if is not given for the terminal.  The returns 1 if the specified capa-
       bility is present in the terminal's entry, 0 if it is not.  The function gets the string value of capability id, placing it in  the  buffer
       at  area,  advancing  the  area pointer.  It decodes the abbreviations for this field described in except for cursor addressing and padding
       information.

       The function returns a cursor addressing string decoded from cm to go to column destcol in line destline.  It uses the  external  variables
       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.  Pro-
       grams that call should be sure to turn off the XTABS bit(s), because may now output a tab.  Note that programs using termcap should in gen-
       eral  turn  off	XTABS  anyway, because some terminals use control I for other functions, such as nondestructive space.	If a % sequence is
       given that is not understood, then returns "OOPS".

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

Files
       /usr/lib/libtermcap.a  -ltermcap library
       /etc/termcap	      data base

See Also
       ex(1), curses(3x), termcap(5)

																       termcap(3x)