NAME

scr_dump − format of curses screen image file. 

SYNOPSIS

scr_dump(file)

DESCRIPTION

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

The name of the tty is 20 characters long and the modification 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 newlines 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 fit on a line are listed. For example, if the <line length> is 0, there are no characters following <line length>.  If <labels?> is TRUE, following it are

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

SEE ALSO

curses(3X). 

September 29, 2021