scr_dump(FP)                   6 January 1993                   scr_dump(FP)


 Name

    scr_dump - format of curses screen image file

 Syntax


    scr_dump(file)


 Description

    The curses(S) function scrdump() copies the contents of the screen into
    a file.  The format of the screen image is described in this section.

    The name of the tty is 20 characters long and the modification time is of
    the type timet.  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 are listed.  For example, if the
    ``line length'' is ``0'', there are no characters following ``line
    length''.  If ``labels?'' is ``TRUE'', following it is:

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


 See also

    curses(S)