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infotocap(1)                                User commands                               infotocap(1)

NAME
       infotocap - convert a terminfo description into a termcap description

SYNOPSIS
       infotocap [tic-option] file ...

       infotocap -V

DESCRIPTION
       infotocap  translates  terminal  descriptions.  It looks in each given text file for terminfo
       entries and, For each one found, it writes an analogous termcap description to  the  standard
       output  stream.   terminfo  “use” capabilities translate to termcap tc capabilities.  Because
       termcap is a less expressive format than terminfo, some capabilities cannot be translated.

       This utility is implemented as a link to tic(1), with the latter's -C  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.

FILES
       /etc/terminfo
              compiled terminal description database

PORTABILITY
       None of X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009), SVr4, or NetBSD document this application.

AUTHORS
       Eric S. Raymond <esr AT snark.com> and
       Thomas E. Dickey <dickey AT invisible-island.net>

SEE ALSO
       infocmp(1), tic(1), ncurses(3NCURSES), terminfo(5)

ncurses 6.4                                  2023-12-10                                 infotocap(1)