TIC(1)

NAME
tic - terminfo compiler

SYNOPSIS
tic [-acSsx] [-o file] source [term1 term2 ...]

DESCRIPTION
The tic utility compiles terminfo(5) source into a database for use by other programs. The created database path name is the same as the source but with .cdb appended.

The following options are available:

-a  Do not discard commented out capabilities.

-c  Only check for errors, don't write the final database.

-o file
    Write the database to file instead of source.cdb.

-S  For term1, term2, ... output a C structure containing name, compiled description, and compiled size. This can be used to embed terminal descriptions into a program.

-s  Display the number of terminal descriptions written to the database.

-x  Include non standard capabilities defined in the source.

  Extensions To Terminfo
When tic discovers a use=term capability, the terminal description for term is merged in. Capabilities do not overwrite previously discovered ones and capabilities ending with @ are marked as absent so the terminal does not inherit the capability from used terminals.

EXIT STATUS

EXAMPLES
To maintain your private terminfo definitions, if the system supplied ones do not support your terminal:

    tic ~/.terminfo

SEE ALSO
infocmp(1), tput(1), curses(3), terminfo(5)

STANDARDS
The tic utility works with terminfo files that conform to the xcurses4.2 standard.

AUTHORS
Roy Marples <roy@NetBSD.org>