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linux-who? 06-14-2010 11:04 PM
TERM, TERMCAP, and TERMINFO
 
Can someone explain to me the difference between TERM, TERMCAP, and TERMINFO?

To connect to a linux server from a terminal emulator on a PC, is it necessary to set all 3 variables?

Aquarius_Girl 06-14-2010 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by linux-who? (Post 4003799)
Can someone explain to me the difference between TERM, TERMCAP, and TERMINFO?
http://aplawrence.com/Unixart/termcap.html
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/...infocmp.1.html
http://www.mkssoftware.com/docs/man1/infocmp.1.asp


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