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33.Dd October 4, 2011
34.Dt CURSES_TERMCAP 3
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm curses_termcap ,
38.Nm fullname ,
39.Nm getcap
40.Nd curses termcap querying routines
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libcurses
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In curses.h
45.Ft char *
46.Fn fullname "char *termbuf" "char *name"
47.Ft char *
48.Fn getcap "char *name"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Fn fullname
52function takes the termcap entry in
53.Fa termbuf
54and copies the full name of the terminal from the entry into the
55target variable
56.Fa name .
57The full name of the terminal is assumed to be the last alias in the
58termcap entry name.
59It is assumed that the
60.Fa name
61variable has sufficient storage to hold the full name of the terminal.
62.Pp
63A termcap entry can be retrieved by calling the
64.Fn getcap
65function with the name of the capability in
66.Fa name .
67The matching capability string for the terminal is returned.
68.Sh RETURN VALUES
69Functions returning pointers will return
70.Dv NULL
71if an error is detected.
72The functions that return an int will return one of the following
73values:
74.Pp
75.Bl -tag -width ERR -compact
76.It Er OK
77The function completed successfully.
78.It Er ERR
79An error occurred in the function.
80.El
81.Sh SEE ALSO
82.Xr termcap 5
83.Sh STANDARDS
84The
85.Lb libcurses
86library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the
87Single Unix Specification.
88.Sh HISTORY
89The Curses package appeared in
90.Bx 4.0 .
91