TTYTYPE(5)

NAME
ttytype - data base of terminal types by port

SYNOPSIS
/etc/ttytype

DESCRIPTION
Ttytype is a database containing, for each tty port on the system, the kind of terminal that is attached to it. There is one line per port, containing the terminal kind (as a name listed in termcap (5)), a space, and the name of the tty, minus /dev/.

This information is read by tset(1) and by login(1) to initialize the TERM variable at login time.

SEE ALSO
tset(1), login(1)

BUGS
Some lines are merely known as ``sd'' (dialup) or ``sp'' (plugboard).