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+.TH SCREENDUMP 1 "2002-02-24" "kbd"
+
+.SH NAME
+screendump \- dump the contents of a virtual console to stdout
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B screendump
+[
+.I N
+]
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.B screendump
+command dumps the contents of virtual console
+.B N
+, (or the current console if N is omitted)
+to standard out.
+
+Just saying
+.RS
+cat /dev/vcsN
+.RE
+has a similar effect.
+
+.SH NOTES
+For security reasons,
+.B screendump
+uses linux devices "virtual console screen" and
+"virtual console screen with attributes" to give access for screendump.
+.P
+Ensure these files exist, using
+.LP
+.RS
+cd /dev
+for i in 0 1 2 3 ...; do
+.br
+ mknod vcs$i c 7 $i
+.br
+ mknod vcsa$i c 7 `expr 128 + $i`
+.br
+done
+.RE
+
+(filling in the ellipses) and give the device files appropriate
+permissions, or run
+.B screendump
+as root.
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR setterm (1)
+
+.\" .SH AUTHORS
+.\" Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>
+.\" .br
+.\" Manpage by Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org>