Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1464 mails)

[Ruediger Meier <sweet_f_a@xxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 07 February 2012, Andreas wrote:
> Hi,
> can I have a different TERM setting for ssh and xterm?
>
> For ssh (putty) I need TERM = linux to have all the linedraw signes
> and F-keys working right.
> In local xterms I need TERM = xterm.
>
> Is there a way to fix this without changing TERM manually everytime I
> log in or open a xterm?

Can't putty export variables somehow?

Quick and dirty you could set in ~/.profile
something like

if test -n "$SSH_TTY" ;then
        export TERM=linux
fi

But do you want this if you ssh from xterm?

cu,
Rudi
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