# 2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat1/mset.0

    MSET(1)             UNIX Programmer's Manual		  MSET(1)

    NAME
         mset - retrieve ASCII to IBM 3270 keyboard map

    SYNOPSIS
         mset

    DESCRIPTION
         Mset retrieves mapping information for the ASCII keyboard to
         IBM 3270 terminal special functions.  Normally, these map-
         pings are found in /usr/share/misc/map3270 (see map3270(5)).
         This information is used by the tn3270 command (see
         tn3270(1)).

         Mset can be used store the mapping information in the pro-
         cess environment in order to avoid scanning
         /usr/share/misc/map3270 each time tn3270 is invoked.  To do
         this, place the following command in your .login file:

    	  set noglob; setenv MAP3270 "`mset`"; unset noglob

         Mset first determines the user's terminal type from the
         environment variable TERM.  Normally mset then uses the file
         /usr/share/misc/map3270 to find the keyboard mapping for
         that terminal.  However, if the environment variable MAP3270
         exists and contains the entry for the specified terminal,
         then that definition is used.  If the value of MAP3270
         begins with a slash (`/') then it is assumed to be the full
         pathname of an alternate mapping file and that file is
         searched first.  In any case, if the mapping for the termi-
         nal is not found in the environment, nor in an alternate map
         file, nor in the standard map file, then the same search is
         performed for an entry for a terminal type of unknown. If
         that search also fails, then a default mapping is used.

    FILES
         /usr/share/misc/map3270	    keyboard mapping for known
         terminals

    SEE ALSO
         tn3270(1), map3270(5)

    BUGS
         If the entry for the specific terminal exceeds 1024 bytes,
         csh(1) will fail to set the environment variable.	Mset
         should probably detect this case and output the path to the
         map3270 file instead of the terminal entry.

    Printed 11/26/99	November 16, 1996			1

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