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                      5: .\"    @(#)ttytype.5   6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH TTYTYPE 5 "May 15, 1985"
                      8: .UC 4
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: ttytype \- data base of terminal types by port
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: /etc/ttytype
                     13: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     14: .I Ttytype
                     15: is a database containing, for each tty port on the system,
                     16: the kind of terminal that is attached to it.
                     17: There is one line per port,
                     18: containing the terminal kind (as a name listed in termcap (5)),
                     19: a space, and the name of the tty, minus /dev/.
                     20: .PP
                     21: This information is read by
                     22: .IR tset (1)
                     23: and by
                     24: .IR login (1)
                     25: to initialize the TERM variable at login time.
                     26: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     27: tset(1), login(1)
                     28: .SH BUGS
                     29: Some lines are merely known as \*(lqdialup\*(rq or \*(lqplugboard\*(rq.

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