TERMCAP (UNIX)

The TERMCAP environment variable is used for terminal handling. It tells DB–Access (and other character-based applications) to communicate with the termcap file instead of the terminfo directory.

>>-setenv--TERMCAP--pathname-----------------------------------><
 

pathname

specifies the location of the termcap file.

The termcap file contains a list of various types of terminals and their characteristics. For example, to provide DB–Access terminal-handling information, which is specified in the /usr/informix/etc/termcap file, enter the following command:

setenv TERMCAP /usr/informix/etc/termcap

You can use set TERMCAP in any of the following ways. If several termcap files exist, they have the following (descending) order of precedence:

1. The termcap file that you create
2. The termcap file that the database server supplies (that is, $INFORMIXDIR/etc/termcap)
3. The operating-system termcap file (that is, /etc/termcap)

If you set the TERMCAP environment variable, be sure that the INFORMIXTERM environment variable is set to the default, termcap.

If you do not set the TERMCAP environment variable, the system file (that is, /etc/termcap) is used by default.