Help for Unix System Administrators.
Third Edition.
Intermediate Level Users.
The termcap and terminfo databases are Unix's solution to the difficulty of supporting many terminals without writing special drivers for each terminal. Termcap (BSD) and terminfo (System V) describe the features of hundreds of terminals, together with a library of routines that allow programs to use those capabilities. This book documents hundreds of capabilities and syntax for termcap and terminfo; writing and debugging terminal descriptions; terminal initialisation; and much more.
