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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.Nd curses termcap querying routines
40.Sh LIBRARY
41.Lb libcurses
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.In curses.h
44.Ft char *
45.Fn fullname "char *termbuf" "char *name"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Fn fullname
49function takes the termcap entry in
50.Fa termbuf
51and copies the full name of the terminal from the entry into the
52target variable
53.Fa name .
54The full name of the terminal is assumed to be the last alias in the
55termcap entry name.
56It is assumed that the
57.Fa name
58variable has sufficient storage to hold the full name of the terminal.
59.Sh RETURN VALUES
60Functions returning pointers will return
61.Dv NULL
62if an error is detected.
63The functions that return an int will return one of the following
64values:
65.Pp
66.Bl -tag -width ERR -compact
67.It Er OK
68The function completed successfully.
69.It Er ERR
70An error occurred in the function.
71.El
72.Sh SEE ALSO
73.Xr terminfo 5
74.Sh STANDARDS
75The
76.Lb libcurses
77library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the
78Single Unix Specification.
79.Sh HISTORY
80The Curses package appeared in
81.Bx 4.0 .
82