Man page 1 : infotocap

infotocap - convert a terminfo description into a termcap description

infotocap [-vn width] [-V] [-1] [-w width] file . . .

infotocap looks in file for terminfo descriptions. For each one found, an equivalent termcap description is written to standard output. Terminfo use capabilities are translated directly to termcap tc capabilities.

• -v
       print out tracing information on standard error as the program runs.
• -V
       print out the version of the program in use on standard error and exit.
• -1
       cause the fields to print out one to a line. Otherwise, the fields will be printed several to a line to a maximum width of 60 characters.
• -w
       change the output to width characters.

• \*d
                      Compiled terminal description database.

This utility is actually a link to tic, running in -C mode. You can use other tic options such as -f and -x.

ncurses(3NCURSES), tic(1), infocmp(1), terminfo(\*n)

This describes ncurses version 5.7 (patch 20100313).