Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site Glacier.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!oliveb!Glacier!@MIT-MC.ARPA:ucdavis!lll-crg!seismo!brl-tgr!gwyn@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU From: gwyn@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU Newsgroups: fa.info-terms Subject: Re: TERMCAP > TERMINFO, HOW? Message-ID: <7@Glacier.ARPA> Date: Sat, 26-Oct-85 00:49:01 EST Article-I.D.: Glacier.7 Posted: Sat Oct 26 00:49:01 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 27-Oct-85 10:32:53 EST Sender: daemon@Glacier.ARPA Organization: Stanford University, IC Laboratory Lines: 19 From: ucdavis!lll-crg!seismo!brl-tgr!gwyn@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (Doug Gwyn) > >> 1. Is there some way to compile an "old" termcap entry > >> into a terminfo entry? If so, how? > > > >Sure; use the "ex" script cvt.ex in libcurses/terminfo. > > Could you be more specific about which version of the operating system you > are referring to. I do not find this file in 4.2BSD or in SysV release 2 > (for the 3b2, including the terminfo package). Of course you don't find it in 4.2BSD; they have no libcurses/terminfo. AT&T must have made another of their famous silly decisions and removed the converter script from the 3B2 SVR2 distribution. > Alternatively, if it is simple and not particulary secret, how about posting > it for those who don't have your particular collection of utilities. I can't post AT&T licensed source code, although I am sorely tempted in this case. cvt.ex is found on the VAX SVR2 distribution. Try talking to your AT&T support people and see if they can supply this very useful conversion aid.