HP 9000 Series 300 Tutorials Manual page 264

Termcap Compatibility Routines
Several routines have been included in curses that support programs written
with calls to termcap routines. Calling parameters are the same as for
equivalent termcap calls, but the routines are emulated using the terminfo
data base. These routines may be removed in future releases of HP-UX.
Description of Termcap Compatibility Routines
tgetent(bp,name)
tgetflag( id)
tgetnum(id)
tgetstr(id,area)
tgoto (cap, col, row)
tputs (cap,affcnt,/n)
2-28 Curses Routines
Obtains and returns with termcap entry for name.
Returns the boolean entry for id.
Returns the numeric entry for id.
Returns the string entry for id and places the result in
area.
Attaches col and row parameters to the capability cap.
Equivalent to the terminfo routine tputs. Parameters are
identical for both cases.