NAME

     ttytype - terminal device to default terminal type mapping

DESCRIPTION

     The /etc/ttytype file associates  termcap/terminfo  terminal
     type names with tty lines.  Each line consists of a terminal
     type, followed by whitespace, followed by a tty name (a dev-
     ice name without the /dev/) prefix.

     This association is used by the program tset(1) to  set  the
     environment  variable  TERM to the default terminal name for
     the user's current tty.

     This facility was designed for  a  traditional  time-sharing
     environment  featuring character-cell terminals hardwired to
     a Unix minicomputer.  It is little used on  modern  worksta-
     tion and personal Unixes.

EXAMPLE

     A typical /etc/ttytype is:

          con80x25 tty1
          vt320 ttys0

FILES

     /etc/ttytype
          the tty definitions file.

SEE ALSO

     getty(1), terminfo(5), termcap(5)