mset(1) — CLIX 3.1r7.6.28



  mset(1)                             CLIX                             mset(1)



  NAME

    mset -  Retrieves an ASCII to IBM 3270 keyboard map

  SYNOPSIS

    /etc/mset [-picky] [-shell] [keyboardname]

  FLAGS

    The arguments to mset are:

    -picky When processing the various map3270 entries (for the user's
           keyboard, and all those encountered before the one for the user's
           keyboard), mset normally will not complain about entries for
           unknown functions (like PFX1 ); the argument causes mset to issue
           warning messages about these unknown entries.

    -shell If the map3270 entry is longer than the shell's 1024 environmental
           variable length limit, the default mset output cannot be used to
           store the mapping information in the process environment to avoid
           scanning /etc/map3270 each time tn3270 is invoked.  The -shell
           argument causes mset to generate shell commands to set the
           environmental variables MAP3270, MAP3270A, and so on, breaking up
           the entry to fit within the shell environmental variable length
           limit.  To set these variables, place the following command in your
           .login file:

           mset -shell > tmp ; source tmp ; /bin/rm tmp


    keyboardname
           When searching for the map3270 entry that matches the user's
           keyboard, mset will use keyboardname instead of determining the
           keyboard name from the KEYBD or TERM environmental variables.

  DESCRIPTION

    The  mset  command retrieves mapping information for the ASCII keyboard to
    IBM 3270 terminal special functions.  Normally, these mappings are found
    in /etc/map3270. (See map3270(4).)  This information is used by the tn3270
    command (see tn3270(1).)

    The default mset output can be used to store the mapping information in
    the process environment to avoid scanning /etc/map3270 each time tn3270 is
    invoked.  To do this, place the following command in your .login file:

    set noglob; setenv MAP3270 "mset"; unset noglob

    If the keyboardname argument is not supplied, mset attempts to determine
    the name of the keyboard the user is using by checking the KEYBD



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  mset(1)                             CLIX                             mset(1)



    environment variable.  If the KEYBD environment variable is not set, then
    mset uses the user's terminal type from the environment variable TERM as
    the keyboard name.  Normally, mset then uses the file /etc/map3270 to find
    the keyboard mapping for that terminal.  However, if the environment
    variable MAP3270 exists and contains the entry for the specified keyboard,
    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
    keyboard 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 keyboard with the name unknown  If that search also fails,
    then a default mapping is used.

  FILES

    /etc/map3270        Keyboard mapping for known keyboards

  RELATED INFORMATION

    tn3270(1), map3270(4)


































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