- Secondly, if <STRONG>tic</STRONG> cannot get access to <EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM>
- or your TERMINFO directory, it looks for the directory
- <EM>$HOME/.terminfo</EM>; if that directory exists, the entry is
- placed there.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> For hashed databases, a filename is needed. If the
+ given file is not found by that name, but can be found
+ by adding the suffix ".db", then that is used.
+
+ The default name for the hashed database is the same
+ as the default directory name (only adding a ".db"
+ suffix).
+
+ The results are normally placed in the system terminfo
+ database <STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo</STRONG>. The compiled terminal
+ description can be placed in a different terminfo
+ database. There are two ways to achieve this:
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> First, you may override the system default by setting
+ the variable <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> in your shell environment to a
+ valid database location, e.g., an existing directory
+ (for directory trees) or valid location for a hashed
+ database.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Secondly, if <STRONG>tic</STRONG> cannot write in <EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM>
+ or the location specified using your TERMINFO vari-
+ able, it looks for the directory <EM>$HOME/.terminfo</EM> (or
+ hashed database <EM>$HOME/.terminfo.db)</EM>; if that location
+ exists, the entry is placed there.