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42 <H1 class="no-header">infotocap 1m 2024-05-11 ncurses 6.5 User commands</H1>
44 <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG> User commands <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>
49 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
50 <STRONG>infotocap</STRONG> - convert a <EM>terminfo</EM> description into a <EM>termcap</EM> description
53 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
54 <STRONG>infotocap</STRONG> [<EM>tic-option</EM>] <EM>file</EM> ...
56 <STRONG>infotocap</STRONG> <STRONG>-V</STRONG>
59 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
60 <STRONG>infotocap</STRONG> translates terminal descriptions. It looks in each given
61 text <EM>file</EM> for <EM>terminfo</EM> entries and, For each one found, it writes an
62 analogous <EM>termcap</EM> description to the standard output stream. <EM>terminfo</EM>
63 "<STRONG>use</STRONG>" capabilities translate to <EM>termcap</EM> <STRONG>tc</STRONG> capabilities. Because
64 <EM>termcap</EM> is a less expressive format than <EM>terminfo</EM>, some capabilities
67 This utility is implemented as a link to <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, with the latter's <STRONG>-C</STRONG>
68 option implied. You can use other <STRONG>tic</STRONG> options such as <STRONG>-1</STRONG>, <STRONG>-f</STRONG>, <STRONG>-v</STRONG>, <STRONG>-w</STRONG>,
69 and <STRONG>-x</STRONG>. The <STRONG>-V</STRONG> option reports the version of <EM>ncurses</EM> associated with
70 this program and exits with a successful status.
73 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
74 <EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM>
75 compiled terminal description database
78 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
79 None of X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009), SVr4, or NetBSD document this
83 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>
84 Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
85 Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
88 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
89 <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
93 ncurses 6.5 2024-05-11 <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>
97 <li><a href="#h2-NAME">NAME</a></li>
98 <li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
99 <li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
100 <li><a href="#h2-FILES">FILES</a></li>
101 <li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
102 <li><a href="#h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></li>
103 <li><a href="#h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li>