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Re: /usr/share/terminfo

To: Jared Yanovich <phirerunner@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: /usr/share/terminfo
From: "Todd C. Miller" <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 18:34:11 -0600
Cc: misc@openbsd.org
References: <20030906095417.6e355d7d.phirerunner@comcast.net>

In message <20030906095417.6e355d7d.phirerunner@comcast.net>
	so spake Jared Yanovich (phirerunner):

> terminfo(5) tells me my compiled terminal description database can found
> in /usr/share/terminfo. Is it referring instead to
> /usr/share/misc/terminfo.db?

If you make a /usr/share/terminfo directory (and populate it),
curses/terminfo will use it.  By default, OpenBSD ships with
/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db instead.  Both locations are listed
in the FILES section of terminfo(5).

 - todd

References:
- /usr/share/terminfo
  - From: Jared Yanovich <phirerunner@comcast.net>

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