tset.1 (2010 09)

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the examples small.

Assume, for the moment, that you are on an HP 2622. This is suitable for typing by hand but not for a

.profile unless you are always on a 2622.

export TERM; TERM=‘tset - 2622‘

Assume you have an HP 2623 at home that you dial up on, but your ofﬁce terminal is hardwired and

known in /etc/ttytype.

export TERM; TERM=‘tset - -m dialup:2623‘

Suppose you are accessing the system through a switching network that can connect any system to any

incoming modem line in an arbitrary combination, making it nearly impossible to key on what port you

are coming in on. Your ofﬁce terminal is an HP 2622, and your home terminal is an HP 2623 running at

1200 baud on dial-up switch ports. Sometimes you use someone else’s terminal at work, so you want it to

verify what terminal type you have at high speeds, but at 1200 baud you are always on a 2623. Note the

placement of the question mark and the quotes to protect the

> and ? from interpretation by the shell.

export TERM; TERM=‘tset - -m ’switch>1200:?2622’

-m ’switch<=1200:2623’‘

All of the above entries fall back on the terminal type speciﬁed in

/etc/ttytype if none of the condi-

tions hold. The following entry is appropriate if you always dial up, always at the same baud rate, on

many different kinds of terminals. Your most common terminal is an HP 2622. It always asks you what

kind of terminal you are on, defaulting to 2622.

export TERM; TERM=‘tset - ?2622‘

If the ﬁle /etc/ttytype is not properly installed and you want to key entirely on the baud rate, the

following can be used:

export TERM; TERM=‘tset - -m ’>1200:2624’ 2622‘

AUTHOR

tset was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.

FILES

/etc/ttytype

port-name to terminal-type mapping data base

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

terminal information data base