NAME
ttytype — data base of terminal types by port
DESCRIPTION
ttytype
is a database that identifies the kind of terminal
that is attached to each tty port on the system.
The file contains one line per port,
and each line contains the terminal type (as a name listed in
terminfo(4)),
a space, and the name of the tty device file, less the initial
/dev/.
For example, for an HP 2622 terminal on tty02:
This information is read by
tset
and by
login
(for remote logins) to initialize the
TERM
variable at login time (see
tset(1)
and
login(1)).
AUTHOR
ttytype
was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.
WARNINGS
Some lines are identified simply as
dialup
or
plugboard.
