How does one list the names of terminals in the file
/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db?

Thanks,
Dave Feustel

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On Mon, 28 May 2007 12:24:08 -0500, dfeustel wrote:

> How does one list the names of terminals in the file
> /usr/share/misc/terminfo.db?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Feustel


Did not find a way to list the content of this file,
but you could look into the source code of that file.

/usr/src/share/termtypes/termtypes.master

There are some other interesting files in the same directory.

HTH
Rudy

God Rudy <rudy@mail.attic.ccc> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 May 2007 12:24:08 -0500, dfeustel wrote:
>
>> How does one list the names of terminals in the file
>> /usr/share/misc/terminfo.db?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave Feustel
>
>
> Did not find a way to list the content of this file,
> but you could look into the source code of that file.
>
> /usr/src/share/termtypes/termtypes.master
>
> There are some other interesting files in the same directory.
>
> HTH
> Rudy
I was hoping not to have to do what you suggest, but I guess
I will have to. There is a program in ncurses 5.6 - toe -
that lists all the terminal types in the database, but
that program does not work with terminfo.db (so far, at least).

I notice that Oracle is now the home of sleepycat.com.
I don't see how to build the db software there.
I suspect the days of Berkeley DB are numbered now.

Dave
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