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# Root and Eric get alert and higher messages.
*.alert                                                 root,eric

# Save mail and news errors of level err and higher in a
# special file.
uucp,news.crit                                          /var/log/spoolerr

FILES

/etc/syslog.conf

The syslogd(8) configuration file.

BUGS

The effects of multiple selectors are sometimes not intuitive. For example mail.crit,*.err will select mail facility messages at the level of err or higher, not at the level of crit or higher.

SEE ALSO

syslog(3), syslogd(8)

10 May 1991

termcap

termcap—Terminal capability database.

DESCRIPTION

The termcap database is an obsolete facility for describing the capabilities of character-cell terminals and printers. It is retained only for capability with old programs; new ones should use the terminfo(5) database and associated libraries.

/etc/termcap is an ASCII file (the database master) that lists the capabilities of many different types of terminals. Programs can read termcap to find the particular escape codes needed to control the visual attributes of the terminal actually in use. (Other aspects of the terminal are handled by stty.) The termcap database is indexed on the TERM environment variable.

termcap entries must be defined on a single logical line, with \ used to suppress the newline. Fields are separated by :. The first field of each entry starts at the left-hand margin and contains a list of names for the terminal, separated by |.

The first subfield may (in BSD termcap entries from versions 4.3 and prior) contain a short name consisting of two characters. This short name may consist of capital or small letters. In 4.4 BSD termcap entries, this field is omitted.

The second subfield (first in the newer 4.4 BSD format) contains the name used by the environment variable TERM. It should be spelled in lowercase letters. Selectable hardware capabilities should be marked by appending a hyphen and a suffix to this name. Usual suffixes are w (more than 80 characters wide), am (automatic margins), nam (no automatic margins) and rv (reverse video display). The third subfield contains a long and descriptive name for this termcap entry.

Subsequent fields contain the terminal capabilities; any continued capability lines must be indented one tab from the left margin.

Although there is no defined order, it is suggested to write first Boolean, then numeric, and at last string capabilities, each sorted alphabetically without looking at lower or upper spelling. Capabilities of similar functions can be written in one line.

Example:

Head line: vt|vt101|DEC VT 101 terminal in 80 character mode:\
Head line: Vt|vt101-w|DEC VT 101 terminal in (wide) 132 character mode:\
Boolean: :bs:\
Numeric: :co#80:\
String: :sr=nE[H:\

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Boolean Capabilities

5i	Printer will not echo on screen
am	Automatic margins which means automatic line wrap
bs	Ctrl+H (8 dec.) performs a backspace
bw	Backspace on left margin wraps to previous line and right margin
da	Display retained above screen
db	Display retained below screen
eo	A space erases all characters at cursor position
es	Escape sequences and special characters work in status line
gn	Generic device
hc	This is a hardcopy terminal
HC	The cursor is hard to see when not on bottom line
hs	Has a status line
hz	Hazeltine bug; the terminal cannot print tilde characters
in	Terminal inserts nulls, not spaces, to fill whitespace
km	Terminal has a meta key
mi	Cursor movement works in insert mode
ms	Cursor movement works in standout/underline mode
NP	No pad character
NR	ti does not reverse te
nx	No padding; must use XON/XOFF
os	Terminal can overstrike
ul	Terminal underlines, although it cannot overstrike
xb	Beehive glitch; F1 sends Escape and F2 sends ^C
xn	Newline/wraparound glitch
xo	Terminal uses XON/XOFF protocol
xs	Text typed over standout text will be displayed in standout
xt	Teleray glitch; destructive tabs and odd standout mode

Numeric Capabilities

co	Number of columns
dB	Delay in milliseconds for backspace on hardcopy terminals
dC	Delay in milliseconds for carriage return on hardcopy terminals
dF	Delay in milliseconds for form feed on hardcopy terminals
dN	Delay in milliseconds for newline on hardcopy terminals
dT	Delay in milliseconds for tabulator stop on hardcopy terminals
dV	Delay in milliseconds for vertical tabulator stop on hardcopy terminals
it	Difference between tab positions
lh	Height of soft labels
lm	Lines of memory
lw	Width of soft labels

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