[lug] tset, ttytab, ttytype

[Peter Hutnick]

John E. Koontz said:
> I've been wrestling with a tset issue recently and in looking around for
>  references I've come to the conclusion that tset is not really a
> supported  element of contemporary Unix, and, especially, of (Red Hat)
> Linux.  In  particular, the /etc/ttytype or /etc/ttytab tables for
> terminal type  classification seem to have disappeared, though I keep
> finding passing  references to them and you can find man pages for them
> on the Web.   In  essence they're fossils, then, I gather?   Does anyone
> know anything of the  Linux status or history of this?

Maybe you want termcap and terminfo?  And possibly inittab (which holds
some info about virtual consoles IIRC.  apropos termcap should get you on
your way.

-Peter