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10 .TH TTYTYPE 5 2020-06-09 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
12 ttytype \- terminal device to default terminal type mapping
17 .BR termcap (5)/ terminfo (5)
20 Each line consists of a terminal type, followed by
21 whitespace, followed by a tty name (a device name without the
24 This association is used by the program
26 to set the environment variable
28 to the default terminal name for
29 the user's current tty.
31 This facility was designed for a traditional time-sharing environment
32 featuring character-cell terminals hardwired to a UNIX minicomputer.
33 It is little used on modern workstation and personal UNIX systems.
37 the tty definitions file.