Re: Is there a *console* screen capture
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 10:41:08AM -0700, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote:
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> I would like to take a few snapshots of a console where I have dosemu running
> and old DOS application. Does anyone know of a utility that can grab that
> screen from another console?
Try 'cat /dev/vcsa0 > file' or 'cat /dev/vcs0 > file' (with 0 being the
number of the console you use). The files will require some post
processing (they contain escape codes,...)
If that doesn't work, I'm pretty sure there must be a way to capture the
content of a framebuffer console to a bitmap file.
Frank
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> TIA, wishing you well.
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