# infotocap 1m 2025-10-04 ncurses 6.6 User commands

    infotocap(1m)                    User commands                   infotocap(1m)

## NAME

           infotocap - convert a terminfo description into a termcap description

## SYNOPSIS

           infotocap [tic-option] file ...

           infotocap -V

## DESCRIPTION

           infotocap  translates  terminal  descriptions.   It looks in each given
           text file for terminfo entries and,  for  each  one  found,  writes  an
           analogous  termcap description to the standard output stream.  terminfo
           "use" capabilities  translate  to  termcap  tc  capabilities.   Because
           termcap  is  a  less expressive format than terminfo, some capabilities
           cannot be translated.

           This utility is implemented as a link to tic(1m), with the latter's  -C
           option  implied.  You can use other tic options such as -1, -f, -v, -w,
           and -x.  The -V option reports the version of ncurses  associated  with
           this program and exits with a successful status.

## FILES

           /usr/share/terminfo
                  compiled terminal description database

## EXTENSIONS

           This command is an ncurses extension.

## PORTABILITY

           X/Open  Curses  Issue 7 (2009) does not specify this command.  SVr4 and
           NetBSD curses do not implement it.

## AUTHORS

           Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
           Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>

## SEE ALSO

           infocmp(1m), tic(1m), curses(3x), terminfo(5)

    ncurses 6.6                       2025-10-04                     infotocap(1m)