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From: wayne@cs.odu.edu (C Wayne Huling)
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Subject: Reading termcap database other than termcap
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Date: 27 Nov 90 02:04:44 GMT
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  I have written a small program to accept the name of a printer and search
the printcap for the hostmachine.  I use the termcap routines supplied in the
Unix PRM.  Unfortunatly it reads from a environment set variable.  My problem
is if I set this variable "TERM" to be /etc/printcap and then run another
program that needs "TERM" to be /etc/termcap then it will bomb.  Is there any
way of setting the file to be read from internally?


		Wayne
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