A/UX: Porting Applications from UNIX (8/94)



I am a UNIX developer. I want to port one of my applications over to A/UX. Here are some questions:

1) Does A/UX use "TERMCAP" or "TERMINFO"?

2) The package compiles successfully on Convergent Technology's 68020
machine. Does this mean that there should be few problems on the A/UX?

1) Both TERMCAP and TERMINFO (different formats of) terminal databases and
libraries are supported by A/UX. The database file for the TERMCAP is
the /etc/termcap file, and the database files for the TERMINFO are under
the /usr/lib/terminfo directory.

2) A/UX is based on AT&T System V.2.2 UNIX with Berkeley software signals
support. This allows most portable C code written on other UNIX
machine, Convergent Technology's UNIX machine in this case, to be easily
ported to A/UX without major modifications.


For A/UX third-party product information, search under the following AppleLink path:

Third Parties
Redgate Macintosh Registry
A/UX


Article Change History:
23 Aug 1994 - Reviewed and updated.
27 Aug 1992 - REVIEWED for technical accuracy. Removed obsolete info.

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Published Date: Feb 18, 2012