FBGRAB(1)

NAME

fbgrab - takes a screenshot using the framebuffer device

SYNOPSIS

fbgrab [option...] png-file

fbgrab -?

DESCRIPTION

fbgrab is a wrapper around fbcat which emulates the behaviour of Gunnar Monell's fbgrab utility.

OPTIONS

fbgrab accepts the following options:

-c N
Grab the /dev/ttyN virtual terminal.
-C N
Switch to the /dev/ttyN virtual terminal, then wait a few seconds
before grabbing it.
-d fb-device
Use the fb-device framebuffer device.
By default, the device name is taken from the FRAMEBUFFER environment variable. If it is unset or empty, the default is
/dev/fb0.
-i
Enable PNG interlacing.
-s N
Sleep N seconds before making the screenshot or switching virtual terminals.
-?
Display help and exit.

UNSUPPORTED OPTIONS

The following options of Gunnar Monell's fbgrab are recognized but not supported:

-f fb-dump-file

-b N

-w N

-h N

SEE ALSO

png(5), fbcat(1)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2009 Jakub Wilk
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