SCR_DUMP(F)                          UNIX System V



     Name
          scr_dump - format of curses screen image file


     Syntax
          scr_dump(file)


     Description
          The curses(S) function scr_dump() will copy the contents  of
          the  screen  into a file.  The format of the screen image is
          as 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 new-
          lines 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 are in a  line  will  be  listed.
          For  example,  if  the  <line length> is 0, there will be no
          characters following <line length>.  If <labels?>  is  TRUE,
          following it will be

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



     See Also
          curses(S)


     (printed 2/15/90)                                SCR_DUMP(F)