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.TH DETERMCAP 8 local
.SH NAME
determcap \- split a termcap database into directories and files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B determcap
[
.B verbose
] < termcap_file
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Determcap
is a very simple C program that reads a
.I termcap (5)
database on its standard input.
In the directory where it is run
.I determcap
will produce a new directory for each terminal type entry in the termcap
file.
Inside each such directory, there will be a file with the name of each
capability, and the termcap field for that capability will be in the file.
For each comment block, there will be a file named
.BI comment. N
where
.I N
represents the fact that this was the 
.IR N 'th
comment block in the input.
These files should be removed.
.PP
.I Determcap
finds its use in comparing different termcap databases.
Two databases can be decomposed in two different directories, and then
.IR diff (1)
can be used via the
.B \-r
(recursive) option to compare the two databases.
.PP
If given an argument,
.I determcap
will print out what it is parsing as it goes.
.PP
Your termcap file must not have any problems in it.
All continuation lines must end in a \e.
There can be no duplicate terminal entries (i.e. entries with the same name).
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR termcap (5)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
Self explanatory.
.SH BUGS
.PP
Quits at the first sign of trouble.
.PP
Should not bother to save the comments.
.PP
Can be very disk-space intensive.
.PP
Not exactly blindingly fast.
.SH AUTHOR
Arnold Robbins
.br
arnold@emory.edu