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gdm-screenshot (1)

Name

gdm-screenshot - GDM Screenshot Application

Synopsis

gdm-screenshot [--debug] [--help]

Description

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NAME
       gdm-screenshot - GDM Screenshot Application

SYNOPSIS
       gdm-screenshot [--debug] [--help]

DESCRIPTION
       gdm-screenshot is a utility for generating a PNG image of the currently
       running GDM login GUI screen.  It is normally launched by pressing  the
       key defined as the screenshot keybinding.  The resulting image is saved
       to a file named /var/run/gdm/greeter/GDM-Screenshot.png.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -d, --debug     Display debug output.

       -h, --help      Display detailed usage message.

EXAMPLES
       Example 1: Take a screenshot.

       example% gdm-screenshot

FILES
       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gdm-screenshot Executable for GDM Screenshot Application.

       /var/run/gdm/greeter/GDM-Screenshot.png
           Resulting image file created when gdm-screenshot is run.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+----------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
       +---------------+----------------------------+
       |Availability   | system/display-manager/gdm |
       +---------------+----------------------------+
       |Stability      | Volatile                   |
       +---------------+----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       gdmflexiserver(1), gdm(8), attributes(7)

NOTES
       Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2009.


       Source code for open source software components in Oracle  Solaris  can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This    software    was    built    from    source     available     at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
       source        was        downloaded         from          https://down-
       load.gnome.org/sources/gdm/41/gdm-41.3.tar.xz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GDM.



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