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.TH tput 1 ""
-.ds d @DATADIR@/terminfo
+.ds d @TERMINFO@
.ds n 5
.SH NAME
-\fBtput\fR - initialize a terminal or query terminfo database
+\fBtput\fR, \fBreset\fR - initialize a terminal or query terminfo database
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBtput\fR [\fB-T\fR\fItype\fR] \fIcapname\fR [\fIparms\fR ... ]
.br
.br
\fBtput -S\fR \fB<<\fR
.br
+\fBtput -V\fR
+.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBtput\fR utility uses the \fBterminfo\fR database to make the
values of terminal-dependent capabilities and information available to
(\fB0\fR for TRUE if the terminal has the capability, \fB1\fR for
FALSE if it does not), and produces no output. Before using a value
returned on standard output, the user should test the exit code
-[\fB$?\fR, see \fBsh\fR(1)] to be sure it is \fB0\fR. (See the \fBEXIT
-CODES\fR and \fBDIAGNOSTICS\fR sections.) For a complete list of capabilities
+[\fB$?\fR, see \fBsh\fR(1)] to be sure it is \fB0\fR.
+(See the \fBEXIT CODES\fR and \fBDIAGNOSTICS\fR sections.)
+For a complete list of capabilities
and the \fIcapname\fR associated with each, see \fBterminfo\fR(\*n).
.TP
\fB-T\fR\fItype\fR
indicates the \fItype\fR of terminal. Normally this option is
unnecessary, because the default is taken from the environment
variable \fBTERM\fR. If \fB-T\fR is specified, then the shell
-variables \fBLINES\fR and \fBCOLUMNS\fR will be ignored,and the
+variables \fBLINES\fR and \fBCOLUMNS\fR will be ignored,and the
operating system will not be queried for the actual screen size.
.TP
\fIcapname\fR
-indicates the attribute from the \fBterminfo\fR database.
+indicates the attribute from the \fBterminfo\fR database. When
+\fBtermcap\fR support is compiled in, the \fBtermcap\fR name for
+the attribute is also accepted.
.TP
\fIparms\fR
If the attribute is a string that takes parameters, the arguments
meaning of the \fB0\fR and \fB1\fR boolean and string exit codes (see the
EXIT CODES section).
.TP
+\fB-V\fR
+reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and exits.
+.TP
\fBinit\fR
If the \fBterminfo\fR database is present and an entry for the user's
terminal exists (see \fB-T\fR\fItype\fR, above), the following will
of the terminal will be put out. The long name is the last
name in the first line of the terminal's description in the
\fBterminfo\fR database [see \fBterm\fR(5)].
+.PP
+If \fBtput\fR is invoked by a link named \fBreset\fR, this has the
+same effect as \fBtput reset\fR.
+See \fBtset\fR for comparison, which has similar behavior.
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP 5
\fBtput init\fR
Print the long name from the \fBterminfo\fR database for the
type of terminal specified in the environmental
variable \fBTERM\fR.
-.TP 0
+.PP
+.RS 5
\fBtput -S <<!\fR
.br
\fB> clear\fR
\fB> bold\fR
.br
\fB> !\fR
+.RE
.TP 5
\&
This example shows tput processing several capabilities in one
information, see the "Tabs and Initialization"
section of \fBterminfo\fR(4)
.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBclear\fR(1), \fBstty\fR(1), \fBtabs\fR(\*n). \fBprofile\fR(\*n),
+\fB@CLEAR@\fR(1), \fBstty\fR(1), \fBtabs\fR(\*n). \fBprofile\fR(\*n),
\fBterminfo\fR(4) in the \fISystem\fR \fIAdministrator\fR'\fIs\fR
\fIReference\fR \fIManual\fR. Chapter 10 of the
\fIProgrammer\fR'\fIs\fR \fIGuide\fR.
.SH EXIT CODES
If \fIcapname\fR is of type boolean, a value of \fB0\fR is set for
TRUE and \fB1\fR for FALSE unless the \fB-S\fR option is used.
-
+.PP
If \fIcapname\fR is of type string, a value of \fB0\fR is set if the
\fIcapname\fR is defined for this terminal \fItype\fR (the value of
\fIcapname\fR is returned on standard output); a value of \fB1\fR is
set if \fIcapname\fR is not defined for this terminal \fItype\fR (a
null value is returned on standard output).
-
+.PP
If \fIcapname\fR is of type boolean or string and the \fB-S\fR option
is used, a value of \fB0\fR is returned to indicate that all lines
were successful. No indication of which line failed can be given so
exit code \fB1\fR will never appear. Exit codes \fB2\fR, \fB3\fR, and
\fB4\fR retain their usual interpretation.
-
+.PP
If \fIcapname\fR is of type integer, a value of \fB0\fR is always set,
whether or not \fIcapname\fR is defined for this terminal \fItype\fR.
To determine if \fIcapname\fR is defined for this terminal \fItype\fR,
the user must test the value of standard output. A value of \fB-1\fR
means that \fIcapname\fR is not defined for this terminal \fItype\fR.
-
+.PP
Any other exit code indicates an error; see the DIAGNOSTICS section.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
\fBtput\fR prints the following error messages and sets the corresponding exit
codes.
-
+.PP
.TS
l l.
exit code error message
-\fB0\fR (\fIcapname\fR is a numeric variable that is not specified in the
- \fBterminfo\fR(\*n) database for this terminal type, e.g.
- \fBtput -T450 lines\fR and \fBtput -T2621 xmc\fR)
+=
+\fB0\fR T{
+(\fIcapname\fR is a numeric variable that is not specified in the
+\fBterminfo\fR(\*n) database for this terminal type, e.g.
+\fBtput -T450 lines\fR and \fBtput -T2621 xmc\fR)
+T}
\fB1\fR no error message is printed, see the \fBEXIT CODES\fR section.
\fB2\fR usage error
\fB3\fR unknown terminal \fItype\fR or no \fBterminfo\fR database
\fB4\fR unknown \fBterminfo\fR capability \fIcapname\fR
+=
.TE
.SH PORTABILITY
The \fBlongname\fR and \fB-S\fR options, and the parameter-substitution
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