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NAME
       screendump - dump the contents of a virtual console to stdout


SYNOPSIS
       screendump [ N ]


DESCRIPTION
       The  screendump	command  dumps the contents of virtual console N , (or
       the current console if N is omitted) to standard out.


NOTES
       For security reasons, screendump uses linux  devices  "virtual  console
       screen" and "virtual console screen with attributes" to give access for
       screendump.

       On pre-DevFS systems, you should ensure these files exist, using

	      cd /dev for i in 0 1 2 3 ...; do
		   mknod vcs$i c 7 $i
		   mknod vcsa$i c 7 expr 128 + $i
	      done

       (filling in the ellipses) and give the device files appropriate permis
       sions, or run screendump as root.

       On  DevFS  systems,  the  /dev/vcc/??  devices  will  automatically  be
       present.


SEE ALSO
       setterm(1)


AUTHORS
       Andries Brouwer 
       Manpage by Alastair McKinstry 



				  2002-02-24			 SCREENDUMP(1)