infotocap(1M)                    User commands                   infotocap(1M)

NAME
       infotocap - convert a terminfo description into a termcap description

SYNOPSIS
       infotocap [tic-option] file ...

       infotocap -V

DESCRIPTION
       infotocap translates terminal descriptions.  It looks in each given
       text file for terminfo entries and, for each one found, writes an
       analogous termcap description to the standard output stream.  terminfo
       "use" capabilities translate to termcap tc capabilities.  Because
       termcap is a less expressive format than terminfo, some capabilities
       cannot be translated.

       This utility is implemented as a link to tic(1M), with the latter's -C
       option implied.  You can use other tic options such as -1, -f, -v, -w,
       and -x.  The -V option reports the version of ncurses associated with
       this program and exits with a successful status.

FILES
       /usr/share/terminfo
              compiled terminal description database

EXTENSIONS
       This command is an ncurses extension.

PORTABILITY
       X/Open Curses Issue 7 (2009) does not specify this command.  SVr4 and
       NetBSD curses do not implement it.

AUTHORS
       Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
       Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>

SEE ALSO
       infocmp(1M), tic(1M), curses(3X), terminfo(5)

ncurses 6.6                       2025-10-04                     infotocap(1M)