NAME

       infotocap - convert a terminfo description into a termcap description

SYNOPSIS

       infotocap [tic-option] file ...

       infotocap -V

DESCRIPTION

       infotocap translates terminal descriptions.  It looks in each given text file for terminfo
       entries and, For each one found,  it  writes  an  analogous  termcap  description  to  the
       standard output stream.  terminfo “use” capabilities translate to termcap tc capabilities.
       Because termcap is a less expressive format than terminfo,  some  capabilities  cannot  be
       translated.

       This utility is implemented as a link to tic(1), with the latter's -C option implied.  You
       can use other tic options such as -1, -f, -v, -w, and  -x.   The  -V  option  reports  the
       version of ncurses associated with this program and exits with a successful status.

FILES

       /etc/terminfo
              compiled terminal description database

PORTABILITY

       None of X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009), SVr4, or NetBSD document this application.

AUTHORS

       Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
       Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>

SEE ALSO

       infocmp(1), tic(1), ncurses(3NCURSES), terminfo(5)