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From: "Parker, Ron" <rdparker AT butlermfg DOT com>
To: Jerome Benoit <JGMBenoit AT Wanadoo DOT fr>,
        Cygnus
	 <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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