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  stan-
              dard  error  trace  information  showing tic's pro-
              gress. 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 specified 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 particu-
             lar   terminal.   When  a  use=entry-name  field  is
             discovered in a terminal entry currently being  com-
             piled,    tic    reads    in    the    binary   from
             /usr/share/lib/terminfo  to  complete   the   entry.
             (Entries  created  from  file will be used first. If
             the environment  variable  TERMINFO   is  set,  that
             directory      is      searched      instead      of
             /usr/share/lib/terminfo.)   tic    duplicates    the



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System Administration Commands                            tic(1M)



             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


ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWcsu                     
    


SEE ALSO
     captoinfo(1M),  infocmp(1M),  curses(3CURSES),  terminfo(4),
     attributes(5)

NOTES
     When  an  entry,  for  example,  entryname1,  contains   a
     use=entryname2   field,   any   canceled  capabilities  in
     entryname2 must also appear in  entryname1  before  use=
     for these capabilities to be canceled in entryname1.






















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