gvnccapture (1) - Linux Manuals

gvnccapture: VNC screenshot capture

NAME

gvnccapture - VNC screenshot capture

SYNOPSIS

gvnccapture [OPTION]... [HOST][:DISPLAY] FILENAME

DESCRIPTION

Capture a screenshot of the VNC desktop at HOST:DISPLAY saving to the image file FILENAME. If HOST is omitted it defaults to ``localhost'', if :DISPLAY is omitted, it defaults to ``:1''. FILENAME must end in a known image format extension (eg ``.png'', ``.jpeg''). Supported options are

--help, -?

Display command line help information

--quiet, -q

Do not display information on the console when capturing the screenshot, with the exception of any password prompt.

--debug, -d

Display verbose debugging information on the console

EXIT STATUS

The exit status is 0 upon successful screen capture, otherwise it is a non-zero integer

EXAMPLES

 # gvnccapture localhost:1 desktop.png
 Password:
 Connected to localhost:1
 Saved display to desktop.png

AUTHORS

Daniel P. Berrange <dan [at] berrange.com>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2010 Daniel P. Berrange <dan [at] berrange.com>.

License LGPLv2+: GNU Lesser GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.