-.\" $Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.53 2010/12/04 18:38:55 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.54 2011/07/30 23:39:52 tom Exp $
.\" Beginning of terminfo.tail file
.\" This file is part of ncurses.
.\" See "terminfo.head" for copyright.
for a compiled description.
If it fails to find one there, and the environment variable TERMINFO_DIRS is
set, it will interpret the contents of that variable as a list of colon-
-separated directories to be searched (an empty entry is interpreted as a
-command to search \fI\*d\fR).
+separated directories (or database files) to be searched
+(an empty entry is interpreted as a command to search \fI\*d\fR).
If no description is found in any of the
TERMINFO_DIRS directories, the fetch fails.
.PP