Troubleshooting
Problem
This article details how to resolve the error "The type of your terminal is unknown to the system" when running dbaccess.
Resolving The Problem
Q. How can I resolve various "unknown terminal" errors I receive when running dbaccess?
A. Set the environment variables TERM and TERMCAP to point to $INFORMIXDIR/etc/termcap.
Example:
- For csh:
- setenv TERM vt100
setenv TERMCAP $INFORMIXDIR/etc/termcap
For ksh :
- export TERM=vt100
export TERMCAP=$INFORMIXDIR/etc/termcap
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Document Information
More support for:
Informix Servers
Software version:
10.0, 11.1, 11.5, 11.7, 12.1
Operating system(s):
AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris
Document number:
345267
Modified date:
30 January 2020
UID
swg21225215
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