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NAME

       ttytype - terminal device to default terminal type mapping

DESCRIPTION

       The  /etc/ttytype  file  associates termcap(5)/terminfo(5) terminal type names with tty lines.  Each line
       consists of a terminal type, followed by whitespace, followed by a tty name (a device  name  without  the
       /dev/) prefix.

       This  association  is  used  by  the  program tset(1) to set the environment variable TERM to the default
       terminal name for the user's current tty.

       This facility was designed for a traditional time-sharing environment featuring character-cell  terminals
       hardwired to a UNIX minicomputer.  It is little used on modern workstation and personal UNIX systems.

FILES

       /etc/ttytype
              the tty definitions file.

EXAMPLE

       A typical /etc/ttytype is:

           con80x25 tty1
           vt320 ttys0

SEE ALSO

       termcap(5), terminfo(5), agetty(8), mingetty(8)

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