.TH TTYTYPE 5
.UC
.SH NAME
ttytype \- data base of terminal types by port
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /etc/ttytype
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Ttytype
is a database containing, for each tty port on the system,
the kind of terminal that is attached to it.
There is one line per port,
containing the terminal kind (as a name listed in
.IR termcap (5)),
a space, and the name of the tty, minus /dev/.
.PP
This information is read by
.IR tset (1)
and by
.IR login (1)
to initialize the TERM variable at login time.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
login(1), tset(1)
.SH BUGS
Some lines are merely known as \*(lqdialup\*(rq or \*(lqplugboard\*(rq.