tic - Put terminal entries in the terminfo database

Description

tic creates the terminfo database. It puts the compiled terminal entries in the directory /usr/share/lib/terminfo. If the TERMINFO environment variable is set, the results are placed in the directory specified by the TERMINFO environment variable rather than in the directory /usr/share/lib/terminfo.

The Curses application uses the terminfo database, which contains a list of terminal descriptions. This enables you to manipulate a terminal's display regardless of the terminal type. For information about defining the terminfo database, see Customizing the terminfo database in z/OS UNIX System Services Planning.

For more information about curses, see Using the module map to improve performance in z/OS Common Debug Architecture User's Guide.

Options

-vNumber

Writes trace entries on the progress of tic. Number is an integer that indicates the level of verbosity. Levels 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, and 9 or greater are supported.

-c

Specifies that the input terminal specifications are to be checked for correctness, but the terminfo database is not to be updated. If an incorrect terminal specification is encountered, a message identifying the error is written to stdout. The checking continues until all of the input terminal specifications have been processed.

file_name

Specifies the name of a file containing the terminal specifications. Only a single file name can be specified. The files supported by z/OS Curses are identical to the specifications with the exception that the source code must be EBCDIC rather than ASCII.

If the files are copied from an MVS™ data set into the z/OS® UNIX file system, the MVS data set must be in record format VB. If a file name is not specified, terminal specifications are read from the terminfo.src file. (The terminfo.src file is in the directory /samples.)

The .ti files are located in the /samples directory.

Environment variables

Related information

infocmp