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This C program takes the whole screenshot of the root window for a given display and saves it in PNG file format.
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| // Use the following command line to build: | |
| // gcc -o screenshot screenshot.c -lX11 $(pkg-config cairo --cflags --libs) | |
| /* | |
| Grabs a screenshot of the root window. | |
| Usage : ./scr_tool <display> <output file> | |
| Example : ./scr_tool :0 /path/to/output.png | |
| Author: S Bozdag <selcuk.bozdag@gmail.com> | |
| */ |