Before you begin: You need to know what terminals or workstation you want to define. You also need to know what directory the terminal definitions are in.

Perform the following steps to define terminals or workstations for a terminfo database.

1. Create a subdirectory in your home directory for the terminfo database terminal definition. For example:

   mkdir /u/myhome/terminfo

   where myhome is the name of the home directory.

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2. Copy the .ti file for the terminal that you are building the terminfo database for into the directory that you just created. You can obtain the terminal file from another UNIX operating system, if necessary.
   Example: Copy the file pc.ti into the directory:

   /u/myhome/terminfo/pc.ti

   where myhome is the name of the home directory.

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3. Set the TERMINFO environment variable to the directory that the terminal definitions are in. Base your choice on the shell that you want to use.

   For the . . .	Then issue . . .
   z/OS shell	export TERMINFO=/u/myhome/terminfo
   tcsh shell	setenv TERMINFO=/u/myhome/terminfo

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4. Issue the tic command, specifying the terminal file. For example:

   tic /u/myhome/terminfo/pc.ti

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5. Set the TERM environment variable to the name of the terminal that you want to use. Base your choice on the shell that you want to use.

   For the . . .	Then issue . . .
   z/OS shell	export TERM=sun
   tcsh shell	setenv TERM=sun

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When you are done, you have defined terminals or workstations for the terminfo database.