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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!data.ramona.vix.com!sonysjc!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!News1.Ottawa.iSTAR.net!News1.Toronto.iSTAR.net!news.istar.net!news2.interlog.com!news.interlog.com!patrick.interlog.com!patrick From: Patrick McConnell <patrick@patrick.interlog.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: terminfo database Date: 18 Jul 1997 04:20:36 GMT Organization: InterLog Internet Services Lines: 40 Message-ID: <5qmquk$ako@news.interlog.com> References: <5qjakl$rc7@news.interlog.com> <5qjeog$kfu$1@bofh.noc.best.net> <5qmo8i$93u@news.interlog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: patrick.interlog.com X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA 970516; i386 FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44620 Whoops, as per newbie usual, I got it to work right after posting this... I ran 'tconv -c -B /etc/termcap' with the 'linux' entry in termcap, and it created the whole terminfo database. Telneting from Linux to FreeBSD works properly now. Thanks for your help! Patrick Patrick McConnell <patrick@interlog.com> wrote: > Ron Echeverri <rone@bofh.noc.best.net> wrote: > > In article <5qjakl$rc7@news.interlog.com>, > > Patrick McConnell <patrick@interlog.com> wrote: > > >I have a FreeBSD 2.2.2-R machine and a Linux machine. I'm trying to set > > >them up so that they recognise each other's console terminals, ie 'linux' > [..] > > man tconv(1). > Okay, but I still don't have a /usr/lib/terminfo directory. I have the > Linux console termcap info exported to a file, and I ran 'tconv -c > <file>', but what do I do with the output? I still don't know > where the terminfo database is. > > rone > -- > Patrick McConnell (patrick@interlog.com) > Finger info: http://www.interlog.com/~patrick/finger > "640k ought to be enough for anybody." > -Bill Gates, 1981 -- Patrick McConnell (patrick@interlog.com) Finger info: http://www.interlog.com/~patrick/finger "640k ought to be enough for anybody." -Bill Gates, 1981