Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: net.info-terms Subject: Re: TERMCAP > TERMINFO, HOW? Message-ID: <2429@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 06:28:31 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.2429 Posted: Fri Oct 25 06:28:31 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 08:02:59 EDT References: <811@houxa.UUCP> <2268@brl-tgr.ARPA> <222@mplvax.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 20 > >> 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.