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From:	"Parker, Ron" <rdparker AT butlermfg DOT com>
To:	Jerome Benoit <JGMBenoit AT Wanadoo DOT fr>,
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	<cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject:	RE: SSH newbie
Date:	Fri, 9 Jun 2000 14:24:43 -0500
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> I can connect with SSH for Cygnus on my favorites sites:
> but I CANNOT use classical tools as `less', `clear', `top',...
> without getting an error message or a warnning message like:
> 
> 'cygwin': unknown terminal type

The answer is to change your TERM environment variable.  If you are
connecting to linux machines, set it to 'linux'.  The 'cygwin' terminal type
is a superset of 'linux'.  If you are connecting to non-linux machines set
it to 'ansi'.  IIRC 'linux' is a superset of 'ansi'.


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