Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site sdcc12.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!think!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcc3!sdcc12!guy From: guy@sdcc12.UUCP (Guy A. Lewis) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Help with termcap file (please) Message-ID: <281@sdcc12.UUCP> Date: Wed, 1-May-85 11:54:23 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcc12.281 Posted: Wed May 1 11:54:23 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 4-May-85 08:04:43 EDT References: <521@qumix.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: UCSD Academic Computer Center Lines: 19 Summary: creating your own termcap file To make the system use a private copy of the termcap file rather than /etc/termcap you need to set an enviornment variable as such: setenv TERMCAP ~/mytermcap And thats all there is to it. By the way this will work on 4.* BSD I've no ideas on how to do it for System *. Good luck, Guy -- ihnp4 \ akgva \ decva > sdcsvax!sdcc12!guy dcdwest / ucbvax / All good things must come to an en....