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TIC(1M)								       TIC(1M)

NAME
       tic - terminfo compiler

SYNOPSIS
       tic [-v [n]] [-c] file

DESCRIPTION
       The  command tic translates a terminfo file from the source format into
       the  compiled  format.  The  results  are  placed  in   the   directory
       /usr/share/lib/terminfo.	 The compiled format is necessary for use with
       the library routines in curses(3CURSES).

       If the environment variable TERMINFO is set, the compiled  results  are
       placed there instead of /usr/share/lib/terminfo.

       Total  compiled entries cannot exceed 4096 bytes. The name field cannot
       exceed 128 bytes.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -c
		Specifies to check only file for errors. Errors in use=	 links
		are not detected.

       -v[n]
		Specify	 that  (verbose)  output  be written to standard error
		trace information showing tic's progress. The optional integer
		n  is  a  number from 1 to 10, indicating the desired level of
		detail of information. If n is omitted, the default  level  is
		1.  If	n is specified and greater than 1, the level of detail
		is increased.

OPERANDS
       file
	       Contains one or more terminfo terminal descriptions  in	source
	       format	[see   terminfo(4)].  Each  description	 in  the  file
	       describes the capabilities of a	particular  terminal.  When  a
	       use=entry-name  field  is  discovered  in a terminal entry cur‐
	       rently  being  compiled,	 tic  reads   in   the	 binary	  from
	       /usr/share/lib/terminfo to complete the entry. (Entries created
	       from file will be used first. If the environment variable  TER‐
	       MINFO	is   set,   that  directory  is	 searched  instead  of
	       /usr/share/lib/terminfo.) tic duplicates	 the  capabilities  in
	       entry-name  for	the current entry, with the exception of those
	       capabilities that are explicitly defined in the current entry.

FILES
       /usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/*

	   Compiled terminal description database

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌───────────────┬─────────────────┐
       │ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
       └───────────────┴─────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       captoinfo(1M), infocmp(1M), curses(3CURSES), terminfo(4), attributes(5)

NOTES
       When an entry, for example, entry_name_1, contains  a  use=entry_name_2
       field,  any  canceled  capabilities in entry_name_2 must also appear in
       entry_name_1 before use= for  these  capabilities  to  be  canceled  in
       entry_name_1.

				 Jun 25, 2011			       TIC(1M)

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