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51 <STRONG>infotocap
</STRONG> - convert a
<EM>terminfo
</EM> description into a
<EM>termcap
</EM>
56 <H2>SYNOPSIS
</H2><PRE>
57 <STRONG>infotocap
</STRONG> [
<STRONG>-v
</STRONG><EM>n
</EM> <EM>width
</EM>] [
<STRONG>-V
</STRONG>] [
<STRONG>-
1</STRONG>] [
<STRONG>-w
</STRONG> <EM>width
</EM>]
<EM>file
</EM> . . .
61 <H2>DESCRIPTION
</H2><PRE>
62 <STRONG>infotocap
</STRONG> looks in each given text
<EM>file
</EM> for
<STRONG>terminfo
</STRONG>
63 descriptions. For each terminfo description found, an
64 equivalent
<STRONG>termcap
</STRONG> description is written to standard out-
65 put. Terminfo
<STRONG>use
</STRONG> capabilities are translated directly to
66 termcap
<STRONG>tc
</STRONG> capabilities.
68 <STRONG>-v
</STRONG> print out tracing information on standard error as
71 <STRONG>-V
</STRONG> print out the version of the program in use on stan-
74 <STRONG>-
1</STRONG> cause the fields to print out one to a line. Other-
75 wise, the fields will be printed several to a line to
76 a maximum width of
60 characters.
78 <STRONG>-w
</STRONG> change the output to
<EM>width
</EM> characters.
83 /usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description
89 This utility is actually a link to
<EM>tic
</EM>, running in
<EM>-C
</EM>
90 mode. You can use other
<EM>tic
</EM> options such as
<STRONG>-f
</STRONG> and
<STRONG>-x
</STRONG>.
94 <H2>SEE ALSO
</H2><PRE>
95 <STRONG><A HREF=
"ncurses.3x.html">curses(
3x)
</A></STRONG>,
<STRONG><A HREF=
"tic.1m.html">tic(
1m)
</A></STRONG>,
<STRONG><A HREF=
"infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(
1m)
</A></STRONG>,
<STRONG><A HREF=
"terminfo.5.html">terminfo(
5)
</A></STRONG>
97 This describes
<STRONG>ncurses
</STRONG> version
5.9 (patch
20110404).
102 Eric S. Raymond
<esr@snark.thyrsus.com
> and
103 Thomas E. Dickey
<dickey@invisible-island.net
>
107 <STRONG><A HREF=
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1m)
</A></STRONG>
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