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Re: terminfo



Hi!
The export, or 'set' in this case term variable works.
However, I modifed the .login file as you suggested 
set TERMINFO=~/.terminfo, but it still doesn't recognize xterm-debian 
when I login. :(. Any ideas? The shell is csh.

Many Thanx,
Timothy

> I know of two possibilities...
> 
> The simple fix (that gets tedious after a while) is to do an
> "export TERM=xterm" on the AIX machine each time you login.
> 
> The nearly as simple fix (that is automatic once it is set up) is
> to create a ~/.terminfo/x/ directory on your non-Debian account.
> Copy /etc/terminfo/x/xterm-debian from your Debian machine to the
> new .terminfo directory and, in your non-Debian machine shell
> initialization scripts (i.e. .bashrc), add "export
> TERMINFO=~/.terminfo".  That will do it.  I also tend to make a
> copy of terminfo/r/rxvt for machines that don't have rxvt
> entries.
> 
> Mike
> 
> -- 
> Michael A. Miller                                miller5@uiuc.edu
>   Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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E-Mail: timothy@smasher.rs.itd.umich.edu
Date: 26-Aug-98
Time: 20:26:35

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