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Preface

Introduction

System Administration Commands - Part 1

System Administration Commands - Part 2

System Administration Commands - Part 3

tftpd(1M)

th_define(1M)

th_manage(1M)

tic(1M)

tnamed(1M)

tnchkdb(1M)

tnctl(1M)

tnd(1M)

tninfo(1M)

traceroute(1M)

trapstat(1M)

TSIgfxp_config(1M)

ttyadm(1M)

ttymon(1M)

tunefs(1M)

turnacct(1M)

txzonemgr(1M)

tzreload(1M)

tzselect(1M)

uadmin(1M)

ucodeadm(1M)

ufsdump(1M)

ufsrestore(1M)

umount(1M)

umountall(1M)

unlink(1M)

unshare(1M)

unshareall(1M)

unshare_nfs(1M)

update_drv(1M)

updatehome(1M)

updatemanager(1M)

updatemedia(1M)

useradd(1M)

userdel(1M)

usermod(1M)

utmp2wtmp(1M)

utmpd(1M)

uucheck(1M)

uucico(1M)

uucleanup(1M)

uucpd(1M)

uusched(1M)

Uutry(1M)

uutry(1M)

uuxqt(1M)

vmstat(1M)

vntsd(1M)

volcopy(1M)

volcopy_ufs(1M)

vold(1M)

wall(1M)

wanboot_keygen(1M)

wanboot_keymgmt(1M)

wanboot_p12split(1M)

wanbootutil(1M)

wbemadmin(1M)

wbemconfig(1M)

wbemlogviewer(1M)

wcadmin(1M)

whodo(1M)

wracct(1M)

wrsmconf(1M)

wrsmstat(1M)

wtmpfix(1M)

xntpd(1M)

xntpdc(1M)

ypbind(1M)

ypinit(1M)

ypmake(1M)

ypmap2src(1M)

yppasswdd(1M)

yppoll(1M)

yppush(1M)

ypserv(1M)

ypset(1M)

ypstart(1M)

ypstop(1M)

ypupdated(1M)

ypxfr(1M)

ypxfr_1perday(1M)

ypxfr_1perhour(1M)

ypxfr_2perday(1M)

ypxfrd(1M)

zdb(1M)

zdump(1M)

zfs(1M)

zic(1M)

zoneadm(1M)

zoneadmd(1M)

zonecfg(1M)

zpool(1M)

zuludaemon(1M)

tic

- terminfo compiler

Synopsis

tic [-v [n]] [-c] file

Description

The command tic translates a terminfo file from the source format into the compiled format. The results are placed in the directory /usr/share/lib/terminfo. The compiled format is necessary for use with the library routines in curses(3CURSES).

If the environment variable TERMINFO is set, the compiled results are placed there instead of /usr/share/lib/terminfo.

Total compiled entries cannot exceed 4096 bytes. The name field cannot exceed 128 bytes. Terminal names exceeding 14 characters will be truncated to 14 characters and a warning message will be printed.

Options

The following options are supported:

-c

Specifies to check only file for errors. Errors in use= links are not detected.

-v[n]

Specify that (verbose) output be written to standard error trace information showing tic's progress. The optional integer n is a number from 1 to 10, indicating the desired level of detail of information. If n is omitted, the default level is 1. If n is specified and greater than 1, the level of detail is increased.

Operands

file

Contains one or more terminfo terminal descriptions in source format [see terminfo(4)]. Each description in the file describes the capabilities of a particular terminal. When a use=entry-name field is discovered in a terminal entry currently being compiled, tic reads in the binary from /usr/share/lib/terminfo to complete the entry. (Entries created from file will be used first. If the environment variable TERMINFO is set, that directory is searched instead of /usr/share/lib/terminfo.) tic duplicates the capabilities in entry-name for the current entry, with the exception of those capabilities that are explicitly defined in the current entry.

Files

/usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/*

Compiled terminal description database

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE
ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability
SUNWcsu

See Also

captoinfo(1M), infocmp(1M), curses(3CURSES), terminfo(4), attributes(5)

Notes

When an entry, for example, entry_name_1, contains a use=entry_name_2 field, any canceled capabilities in entry_name_2 must also appear in entry_name_1 before use= for these capabilities to be canceled in entry_name_1.