captoinfo(1M)                                                    captoinfo(1M)


NAME
     captoinfo - convert a termcap description into a terminfo description

SYNOPSIS
     captoinfo [-v ...] [-V] [-1] [-w width] file ...

DESCRIPTION
     captoinfo looks in file for termcap descriptions.  For each one found, an
     equivalent terminfo description is written to standard output, along with
     any comments found.  A description that is expressed as relative to
     another description (as specified in the termcap tc = field) is reduced
     to the minimum superset before being output.

     If no file is given, the environment variable TERMCAP is used for the
     filename or entry.  If TERMCAP is a full pathname to a file, only the
     terminal whose name is specified in the environment variable TERM is
     extracted from that file.  If the environment variable TERMCAP is not
     set, then the file /usr/share/lib/termcap is read.

     -v         Print out tracing information on standard error as the program
                runs.  Specifying additional -v options causes more detailed
                information to be printed.

     -V         Print out the version of the program in use on standard error
                and exit.

     -1         Print out fields one to a line.  Otherwise, the fields are
                printed several to a line to a maximum width of 60 characters.

     -w width   Change the output to width characters.

FILES
     /usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/*   Compiled terminal description database.

NOTES
     captoinfo should be used to convert termcap entries to terminfo entries
     because the termcap database (from earlier versions of UNIX System V) may
     not be supplied in future releases.

SEE ALSO
     infocmp(1M), curses(3X), terminfo(4).


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