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)

ncurses 6.5                                        2025-01-18                                       infotocap(1)