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41 .Op Ar term1 term2 ...
47 source into a database for use by other programs.
48 The created database path name is the same as the source but with .cdb appended.
50 The following options are available:
53 Do not discard commented out capabilities.
55 Only check for errors, don't write the final database.
63 .Ar term1 , term2 , ...
64 output a C structure containing name, compiled description, and compiled size.
65 This can be used to embed terminal descriptions into a program.
67 Display the number of terminal descriptions written to the database.
69 Include non standard capabilities defined in the
72 .Ss Extensions To Terminfo
76 .Sy use Ns = Ns Va term
77 capability, the terminal description for
80 Capabilities do not overwrite previously disovered ones and capabilities
81 ending with @ are marked as absent so the terminal does not inherit the
88 To maintain your private terminfo definitions, if the system supplied
89 ones do not support your terminal:
90 .Bd -literal -offset indent
101 utility works with terminfo files that conform to the
105 .An Roy Marples Aq Mt roy@NetBSD.org