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From: ekrell@hector.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: termcaps vs terminfo
Message-ID: <3221@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com>
Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 15:26:59 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 25 15:26:59 1987
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Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill
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In article <10531@brl-adm.ARPA> UUCJEFF%ECNCDC.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU writes:

>What I would like to do is take the termdef in termcap and compile it and
>put it in the /usr/lib/terminfo.

look at "captoinfo". The man page says:

captoinfo - convert a termcap description into a terminfo description

Isn't it nice when you find a tool that does exactly what you wanted?
    
    Eduardo Krell                   AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill

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