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On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Hal MacArgle wrote:

> Greetings: Years ago when running Coherent Unix I used a program
> called dumpscreen that was very handy - capturing whatever text was
> on the screen and sending it to stdout, or re-direct as needed..
> 
> Moving to Linux, the same program compiled and worked fine as long as
> I was using a monochrome monitor and I expect it would work with CGA
> colour too as it had a -c flag, but never tried by me.
> 
> Now, with a SVGA monitor and Diamond card it does not perform and I
> miss it..
> 
> Does anyone know of a similar program I could use in it's place? I
> know about 'script' for saving the screen but dumpscreen was much
> handier when something came up you didn't expect and wanted to save.
> All of my normal searching has been in vain so far. Thank you,
> 
> Cheers:  Hal  from Five Forks, WV. {pop 70} :^) - Mutt/Linux/AX25  
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