Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 04:10:13 +0100 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot open /etc/termcap Message-ID: <20080604031013.GA70615@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <11167f520806020317t223d2725y905b07b8ab3541dd@mail.gmail.com> References: <11167f520806011526v438bc9f1j8ccf4c174ea35761@mail.gmail.com> <86iqwsh1rh.fsf@gmail.com> <11167f520806020317t223d2725y905b07b8ab3541dd@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 05:17:28AM -0500, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: > > > > > > csh: Cannot open /etc/termcap. > > > csh: using dumb terminal settings. > > > > Are you sure /usr/share/misc/termcap isn't empty and accesible > > on the target machine? > > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 23B May 31 2007 /etc/termcap@ -> > > /usr/share/misc/termcap > > > > I receive the following > %cp /usr/share/misc/termcap /etc/termcap > cp: /etc/termcap and /usr/share/misc/termcap are identical (not copied). > > > is there a quick fix to this? A quick fix would be to scp /usr/share/misc/termcap from your home machine to ~/.termcap on the remote host. Then ssh into remote host and: $ echo "TERMCAP=$HOME/.termcap" >> ~/.ssh/environment Log out and ssh in again. Might work. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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