Re: Print screen??

From: Alan Connor (zzzzzz_at_xxx.yyy)
Date: 04/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 05:52:56 GMT

On 19 Apr 2004 05:26:33 GMT, John DuBois <spcecdt@deeptht.armory.com> wrote:
>
>
> In article <7augc.10041$hw5.8115@attbi_s53>,
> Gene Brabston <g.brabston@mchsi.com> wrote:
>>Is there a way to print the contents on the monitor with unix like the
>>"shift - Prt Sc" with DOS?
>
> If you're trying to capture a text screen, you can try these:
>
> ftp://ftp.armory.com/pub/scobins/dumpscreen
> Reads directly from video memory, so only works on the console and only works
> for root.
>
> ftp://ftp.armory.com/pub/scripts/capture
> Works on any device that supports the media copy sequence, and for any user
> with read permission on the device. Not as reliable as dumpscreen, though.
>
> John

For the console, as root (unless you change the ownership of the device file):

cat /dev/vcs? > file

Where "?" is the number of the tty...

If you use the pty manager "screen" (text mode) screenshots are just a
couple of keystrokes.

Got to be a way to do this with X.

I've crossposted the this to comp.os.linux.x

AC 

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