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NAME

tic - terminfo compiler

SYNOPSIS

tic [-v [n]] [-c] file

DESCRIPTION

The command tic translates a terminfo file from the source format into
the compiled format. The results are placed in the directory
/usr/share/lib/terminfo. The compiled format is necessary for use with
the library routines in curses(3CURSES).


If the environment variable TERMINFO is set, the compiled results are
placed there instead of /usr/share/lib/terminfo.


Total compiled entries cannot exceed 4096 bytes. The name field cannot
exceed 128 bytes.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

-c
Specifies to check only file for errors. Errors in use= links
are not detected.


-v[n]
Specify that (verbose) output be written to standard error trace
information showing tic's progress. The optional integer n is a
number from 1 to 10, indicating the desired level of detail of
information. If n is omitted, the default level is 1. If n is
specified and greater than 1, the level of detail is increased.

OPERANDS

file
Contains one or more terminfo terminal descriptions in source
format [see terminfo(5)]. Each description in the file describes
the capabilities of a particular terminal. When a use=entry-name
field is discovered in a terminal entry currently being compiled,
tic reads in the binary from /usr/share/lib/terminfo to complete
the entry. (Entries created from file will be used first. If the
environment variable TERMINFO is set, that directory is searched
instead of /usr/share/lib/terminfo.) tic duplicates the
capabilities in entry-name for the current entry, with the
exception of those capabilities that are explicitly defined in
the current entry.

FILES

/usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/*

Compiled terminal description database

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+---------------+-----------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-----------------+

SEE ALSO

curses(3CURSES), terminfo(5), attributes(7), captoinfo(8), infocmp(8)

NOTES

When an entry, for example, entry_name_1, contains a use=entry_name_2
field, any canceled capabilities in entry_name_2 must also appear in
entry_name_1 before use= for these capabilities to be canceled in
entry_name_1.


June 25, 2011 TIC(8)