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The terminfo database describes the characteristics of TTY devices. The source files in terminfo specify a set of capabilities for a device by quantifying certain aspects of the device and by specifying character sequences that control particular results. This database is often used by applications such as vi and curses, as well as by the ls and more commands. Information in the terminfo database is stored in a compiled binary format. The terminfo compiler, tic(1M), translates a terminfo file from source format to the required compiled binary format that applications use..
If you have site-specific termcap entries for devices, you can use the captoinfo utility to convert those entries into terminfo source format. Then use the tic compiler to translate the data into compiled format. See the captoinfo(1M) and tic(1M) manual pages for more information.
Use the tput(1M) utility to initialize or reset the terminal or to make terminal-dependent capabilities and information available to the shell. The tput command sets terminal characteristics using data in the terminfo database. The tput utility is similar to the SunOS 4.x tset(1B) utility, which is provided in the SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package. The tput utility uses the following syntax:
tput [-Ttype] init tput[-Ttype] reset
The /usr/bin/stty command is the SVR4 version of the SunOS 4.x stty command. The old /usr/ucb/stty command is available in the SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package. Use of the options varies, depending on which version of stty you are using. The stty command uses this syntax:
stty [-a] [-g] [options]
The -a flag lists current options using their termio names. The -g flag lists the same information in a format that can be used as an argument to another stty command.
The following examples show the default line settings using first the /usr/bin/stty command and then the /usr/ucb/stty command.
oak% /usr/bin/stty speed 96ØØ baud; evenp hupcl rows = 66; columns = 8Ø; ypixels = 5Ø8; xpixels = 61289; swtch = <undef>; brkint -inpck icrnl -ixany imaxbel onlcr echo echoe echok echoctl echoke iexten oak% /usr/ucb/stty speed 96ØØ baud; evenp hupcl rows = 66; columns = 8Ø; ypixels = 5Ø8; xpixels = 61289; swtch = <undef>; -inpck imaxbel crt iexten oak%
Table 9-4 compares the default line settings for SunOS 4.x and Solaris 2.x. Note that the dash means not to set the value.
| SunOS 4.x | Solaris 2.x | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 9600 | 9600 | Baud rate. |
| evenp | -parity | Even parity/disable parity. |
| hupcl | Hang up connection on close. | |
| rows=X, columns=X, ypixels=0 | Set number of rows, columns, and ypixels. | |
| xpixels=0 | Set xpixels to 0. | |
| swtch=<undef>, dsusp=<undef> | Set control character assignments. | |
| brkint | Signal INTR on break. | |
| -inpck | -inpck | Disable input parity checking. |
| icrnl | Map CR to NL on input. | |
| -ixany | Do not allow only DC1 to restart output. | |
| imaxbel | imaxbel | Echo BEL when the input line is too long. |
| onlcr | Map NL to CR-NL on output. | |
| tab3 | Select style of delay for horizontal tabs. | |
| echo | Echo back every character typed. | |
| echoe | Echo ERASE character as a backspace-space-backspace string. | |
| echok | Echo NL after KILL character. | |
| echoctl | Echo control characters as ^char, delete as ^?. | |
| echoke | BS-SP-BS erase entire line. | |
| iexten | iexten | Enable extended functions for input data. |
To use uucp, tip, or cu with modems and terminals, you must use information from or add information to the /etc/uucp/Dialers and /etc/uucp/Devices files. Each of these files is described in the following sections.
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