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termcap(3X)							   termcap(3X)

NAME
       termcap:	 tgetent(), tgetflag(), tgetnum(), tgetstr(), tgoto(), tputs()
       - emulate /usr/share/lib/termcap access routines

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       These functions extract and use capabilities from the compiled terminal
       capability data bases (see terminfo(4)).	 They are emulation routines.

	      Extracts the compiled entry for terminal
			     name  into	 buffers accessible by the programmer.
			     Unlike previous termcap routines, all  capability
			     strings  (except  cursor  addressing  and padding
			     information)  are	already	 compiled  and	stored
			     internally upon return from The buffer pointer bp
			     is redundant in the emulation,  and  is  ignored.
			     It should not be relied upon to point to meaning‐
			     ful information.  returns -1 if it cannot	access
			     the terminfo directory or if there is no capabil‐
			     ity file for name, and 0 if all goes well.	 If  a
			     environment  variable  is	set,  first  looks for
			     (where is the first character of  name),  and  if
			     that file is not accessible, it looks for

	      Gets the numeric value of capability
			     id,  returning -1 if it is not given for the ter‐
			     minal.  is useful only with  capabilities	having
			     numeric values.

	      Returns 1 if the specified capability is present in
			     the  terminal's  entry,  and  0 if it is not.  is
			     useful only with capabilities that are boolean in
			     nature  (i.e.  either  present or missing in ter‐
			     minfo(4)).

	      Returns a pointer to the string value of capability
			     id.  In addition, if area is not a NULL  pointer,
			     places  the  capability in the buffer at area and
			     advances the area pointer.	 The  returned	string
			     capability is compiled except for cursor address‐
			     ing and padding information.  is useful only with
			     capabilities having string values.

	      Returns a cursor addressing string decoded from
			     cm	 to  go	 to  column  destcol in line destline.
			     (Programs that call should be sure	 to  turn  off
			     the TAB3 bit or bits, since can now output a tab.
			     See termio(7)).  Note that programs using	should
			     in general turn off TAB3 anyway since some termi‐
			     nals use Ctrl-I for other functions, such as non‐
			     destructive  space.)  If a sequence is given that
			     is not understood, returns [OOPS].

	      Decodes the padding information of the string
			     cp.  affcnt gives the number of lines affected by
			     the  operation,  or  1 if this is not applicable.
			     outc is a routine that is called with each	 char‐
			     acter in turn.  The variable pad_char should con‐
			     tain a pad character to  be  used	(from  the  pc
			     capability) if a null is inappropriate.

WARNINGS
       These  routines	are  not  meant	 to be used by programs running in the
       background.

   Obsolescent Interfaces
       and are to be obsoleted at a future date.

FILES
       library
       data bases

SEE ALSO
       ex(1), terminfo(4), termio(7).

				TO BE OBSOLETED			   termcap(3X)
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