Re: How to install rxvt-unicode-256color termcap entry on machine without X

[atomicules <base%atomicules.co.uk@localhost>]

On 30-May-2014 14:31:11, Gerard Lally wrote:
> I copied this terminfo source file to my home directory in NetBSD and
> ran tic on it:
>
> tic -s rxvt-unicode-256color.terminfo.
>
> This created a .terminfo directory in HOME, and a subdirectory r with a
> single file in r called rxvt-unicode-256color. No cdb extension in other
> words.

I'm stumped and confused. I don't understand how NetBSD could do that 
(not create a database file; a file with the .cdb extension). 
According to the man page for tic:

> DESCRIPTION
>     The tic utility compiles terminfo(5) source into a database for use by
>     other programs.  The created database path name is the same as the source
>     but with .cdb appended.

The .terminfo directory and subdirecotry you describe is what I see on Arch
Linux, but not NetBSD.