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authorKarel Zak2006-12-07 00:25:34 +0100
committerKarel Zak2006-12-07 00:25:34 +0100
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.\" Copyright 1992 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
.\" Most of this was copied from the source code. Do not restrict distribution.
.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
-.TH SETTERM 1 "25 December 1992" "Linux 0.98" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SETTERM 1 "2 July 1996" "Util-Linux 2.6" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
setterm \- set terminal attributes
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -36,21 +36,25 @@ setterm \- set terminal attributes
.BR "setterm [ \-clrtabs [ tab1 tab2 tab3 ... ]" " where (tabn = 1-160)"
.BR "setterm [ \-regtabs [" " 1-160 " "] ]"
.BR "setterm [ \-blank [" " 0-60 " "] ]"
+.BR "setterm [ \-powersave [ on|vsync|hsync|powerdown|off ] ]"
+.BR "setterm [ \-powerdown [" " 0-60 " "] ]"
.BR "setterm [ \-dump [" " 1-NR_CONS " "] ]"
.BR "setterm [ \-append [" " 1-NR_CONS " "] ]"
.BR "setterm [ \-file" " dumpfilename " ]
.BR "setterm [ \-standout [" " attr " "] ]"
+.BR "setterm [ \-blength [" " 0-2000 " "] ]"
+.B "setterm [ \-bfreq freqnumber ]"
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B setterm
writes to standard output a character string that will invoke the specified
terminal capabilities. Where possibile
-.I /etc/termcap
+.I terminfo
is consulted to find the string to use. Some options however do not
correspond to a
-.BR termcap (5)
-capability. In this case, if the terminal type is "minix-vc", or
-"minix-vcam" the string that invokes the specified capabilities on the PC
+.BR terminfo (5)
+capability. In this case, if the terminal type is "con", or
+"linux" the string that invokes the specified capabilities on the PC
Minix virtual console driver is output. Options that are not implemented
by the terminal are ignored.
.SH OPTIONS
@@ -76,13 +80,15 @@ stores the terminal's current rendering options as the default values.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR tput (1),
.BR stty (1),
-.BR termcap (5),
+.BR terminfo (5),
.BR tty (4)
.SH BUGS
-Differences between the Minux and Linux versions are not documented.
+Differences between the Minix and Linux versions are not documented.
.SH AUTHORS
Gordon Irlam (gordoni@cs.ua.oz.au)
.br
Adaption to Linux by Peter MacDonald
.br
Enhancements by Mika Liljeberg (liljeber@cs.Helsinki.FI)
+.br
+Beep patch by Christophe Jolif (cjolif@storm.gatelink.fr.net)