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29 .TH TTYTYPE 5 2012-12-31 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
31 ttytype \- terminal device to default terminal type mapping
36 .BR termcap (5)/ terminfo (5)
39 Each line consists of a terminal type, followed by
40 whitespace, followed by a tty name (a device name without the
43 This association is used by the program
45 to set the environment variable
47 to the default terminal name for
48 the user's current tty.
50 This facility was designed for a traditional time-sharing environment
51 featuring character-cell terminals hardwired to a UNIX minicomputer.
52 It is little used on modern workstation and personal UNIX systems.
56 the tty definitions file.