# man > captoinfo(1) [_captoinfo_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/captoinfo/1/markdown) User commands [_captoinfo_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/captoinfo/1/markdown) ## NAME **captoinfo **- convert a _termcap_ description into a _terminfo_ description ## SYNOPSIS **captoinfo **[_tic-option_] [_file_ ...] ### captoinfo -V ## DESCRIPTION **captoinfo **translates terminal descriptions. It looks in each given text _file_ for _termcap_ en‐ tries and, for each one found, writes an equivalent _terminfo_ description to the standard out‐ put stream. _termcap_ **tc **capabilities translate to _terminfo_ “**use**” capabilities. If no _file_s are specified, **captoinfo **interprets the content of the environment variable _TERMCAP_ as a file name, and extracts only the entry for the terminal named in the environment variable _TERM_ from it. If the environment variable _TERMCAP_ is not set, **captoinfo **reads _/etc/termcap._ This utility is implemented as a link to [**tic**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tic/1/markdown), with the latter's **-I **option implied. You can use other **tic **options such as **-1**, **-f**, **-v**, **-w**, and **-x**. The **-V **option reports the version of _ncurses_ associated with this program and exits with a successful status. ### Translations from Nonstandard Capabilities **captoinfo **translates some obsolete, nonstandard capabilities into standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) _terminfo_ capabilities. It issues a diagnostic to the standard error stream for each, invit‐ ing the user to check that it has not mistakenly translated an unknown or mistyped capability name. **Name** **Obsolete Standard Origin _terminfo_ capability** ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── **BO mr **AT&T **enter_reverse_mode** **CI vi **AT&T **cursor_invisible** **CV ve **AT&T **cursor_normal** **DS mh **AT&T **enter_dim_mode** **EE me **AT&T **exit_attribute_mode** **FE LF **AT&T **label_on** **FL LO **AT&T **label_off** **XS mk **AT&T **enter_secure_mode** **EN @7 **XENIX **key_end** **GE ae **XENIX **exit_alt_charset_mode** **GS as **XENIX **enter_alt_charset_mode** **HM kh **XENIX **key_home** **LD kL **XENIX **key_dl** **PD kN **XENIX **key_npage** **PN po **XENIX **prtr_off** **PS pf **XENIX **prtr_on** **PU kP **XENIX **key_ppage** **RT @8 **XENIX **kent** **UP ku **XENIX **kcuu1** **KA k; **Tektronix **key_f10** **KB F1 **Tektronix **key_f11** **KC F2 **Tektronix **key_f12** **KD F3 **Tektronix **key_f13** **KE F4 **Tektronix **key_f14** **KF F5 **Tektronix **key_f15** **BC Sb **Tektronix **set_background** **FC Sf **Tektronix **set_foreground** **HS mh **IRIX **enter_dim_mode** XENIX _termcap_ had a set of extension capabilities, corresponding to box drawing characters of CCSID (“code page”) 437, as follows. _**termcap_ Name Graphic** ───────────────────────────────────────── **G2 **upper left corner **G3 **lower left corner **G1 **upper right corner **G4 **lower right corner **GR **tee pointing right **GL **tee pointing left **GU **tee pointing up **GD **tee pointing down **GH **horizontal line **GV **vertical line **GC **intersection **G6 **double upper left corner **G7 **double lower left corner **G5 **double upper right corner **G8 **double lower right corner **Gr **double tee pointing right **Gr **double tee pointing left **Gu **double tee pointing up **Gd **double tee pointing down **Gh **double horizontal line **Gv **double vertical line **Gc **double intersection **GG **ACS magic cookie count **captoinfo **composes single-line capabilities into an **acsc **string, and discards **GG **and double- line capabilities with a warning diagnostic. IBM's AIX has a _terminfo_ facility descended from SVr1 _terminfo_, but which is incompatible with the SVr4 format. **captoinfo **translates the following AIX extensions. **IBM XSI** ───────────── ksel kslt kbtab kcbt font0 s0ds font1 s1ds font2 s2ds font3 s3ds Additionally, this program translates the AIX **box1 **capability to an **acsc **string. The HP-UX _terminfo_ library supports two nonstandard _terminfo_ capabilities, **meml **(memory lock) and **memu **(memory unlock). **captoinfo **discards these with a warning message. ## FILES _/etc/termcap_ default _termcap_ terminal capability database ## PORTABILITY X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009) describes **tic **briefly, but omits this program. SVr4 systems provide **captoinfo **as a separate application from **tic**. Its **-v **option does not accept a trace level argument _n;_ repeat **-v _**n_ times instead. NetBSD does not provide this application. ## AUTHORS Eric S. Raymond <> and Thomas E. Dickey <> ## SEE ALSO [**infocmp**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/infocmp/1/markdown), [**tic**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tic/1/markdown), [**ncurses**(3NCURSES)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ncurses/3NCURSES/markdown), [**terminfo**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/terminfo/5/markdown) ncurses 6.4 2023-12-23 [_captoinfo_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/captoinfo/1/markdown)