Re: dump screen to file

[Steve Mayer <smayer@rtd.com>]

Paul,

  Try cat /dev/vcsX or /dev/vcsaX > filename (X being the number of the
VC that you want to dump).

  I believe the difference between the two has to do with the VCSA
handling ASCII differently (don't really know).

Steve Mayer
smayer@rtd.com

Paul Miller wrote:
> 
> That is X, I need something for a virtual consoles... and it probably
> should work in xterm also.
> 
> ---
> Paul Miller <paul@3dillusion.com>, finger for public PGP key
> 
> On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Jean-Michel Rouet wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Paul Miller wrote:
> >
> > > How can I dumb the console screen to a file via a bash shell command (or
> > > program)?
> > >
> >
> > man xwd
> >
> > man import (in ImageMagick package)
> >
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> >
> >
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