# screendump(8)

## NAME

         screendump - write current console screen to standard output

## SYNOPSIS

         screendump

## DESCRIPTION

         Screendump prints the contents of the console screen to standard  output.
         It does this by reading the screen memory, skipping over attribute bytes,
         omitting trailing blanks and inserting a newline character at the end  of
         each line.

## NOTES

         The most common use of screendump is with output redirected  to  a  file.
         This  allows  screen displays (including output of F-keys) to be captured
         for inclusion in other documents.

         This version is for IBM-PC architecture only.

## BUGS

         A network user captures an image of the main console, not his or her  own
         screen.  The output will usually not be what you expect if the display is
         in hardware scrolling mode, since in that mode the order of the lines  in
         screen  memory may not be the same as what appears on the screen.  If you
         expect to use screendump to send notes to  someone  about  problems  that
         occur while using MINIX you must remember to toggle to software scrolling
         before you make the dump.  It will also be necessary to use  su,  because
         /dev/mem is normally not world readable.

## AUTHOR

         Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)