

TTYTYPE(5)                Minix Programmer's Manual                 TTYTYPE(5)


NAME
     ttytype - table of terminal types

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/ttytype

DESCRIPTION
     The environment variable TERM tells the type of  terminal  a  process  is
     connected  to.   The  file  /etc/ttytype  lists the types of the terminal
     devices.  It is a simple text file containing lines of two words:

          type    device

     Where  type  is  one  of  the  names  of  the  terminal  descriptions  in
     /etc/termcap  and  device  is  the  name of a terminal device as found in
     /dev.

     The TERM variable is initialized from this file by login.

ENVIRONMENT

     TERM           Terminal type

NOTES
     It is customary to set the type to dialup for a  dialin  line.   One  can
     check for that name in one's .profile.

SEE ALSO
     ttys(5), login(8).

AUTHOR
     Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)


























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