SCR_DUMP(4)          INTERACTIVE UNIX System          SCR_DUMP(4)



          NAME
               scr_dump - format of curses screen image file

          SYNOPSIS
               scr_dump(file)

          DESCRIPTION
               The curses(3X) function scr_dump() will copy the contents of
               the screen into a file.  The format of the screen image is
               as described below.

               The name of the tty is 20 characters long and the modifica-
               tion time (the mtime of the tty that this is an image of) is
               of the type time_t.  All other numbers and characters are
               stored as chtype (see <curses.h>).  No new-lines are stored
               between fields.

                <magic number:  octal 0433>
                <name of tty>
                <mod time of tty>
                <columns> <lines>
                <line length> <chars in line>for each line on the screen
                <line length> <chars in line>
                   .
                   .
                   .
                <labels?>            1, if soft screen labels are present
                <cursor row> <cursor column>

               Only as many characters as are in a line will be listed.
               For example, if the <line length> is 0, there will be no
               characters following
               <line length>.  If <labels?> is TRUE, following it will be

                <number of labels>
                <label width>
                <chars in label 1>
                <chars in label 2>
                    .
                    .
                    .


          SEE ALSO
               curses(3X).










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