Message-Id: <200006091926.PAA29665@delorie.com> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com From: "Parker, Ron" To: Jerome Benoit , Cygnus Subject: RE: SSH newbie Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 14:24:43 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----_=_NextPart_000_01BFD248.74CB3FFE" ------_=_NextPart_000_01BFD248.74CB3FFE Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > 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'. ------_=_NextPart_000_01BFD248.74CB3FFE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com ------_=_NextPart_000_01BFD248.74CB3FFE--