scrot (SCReenshOT)

scrot - command line screen capture utility

Help this project

scrot needs your help. If you are a programmer and if you wants to help a nice project, this is your opportunity.

scrot (SCReenshOT) was imported from some tarballs from Debian Project1. After this, all patches found in Debian project and other places for this program were applied. All initial work was registered in ChangeLog file (version 0.9 and later releases). scrot is packaged in Debian2 Project.

If you are interested to help SCReenshOT, read the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

What is scrot (SCReenshOT)?

scrot (SCReenshOT) is a simple command line screen capture utility that uses imlib2 to grab and save images. Multiple image formats are supported through imlib2's dynamic saver modules.

Some features of the scrot:

support to multiple image formats (JPG, PNG, GIF, etc.).
optimization of the screen shots image quality.
capture a specific window or a rectangular area on the screen with the help of switch.

scrot also can be used to monitor a desktop PC in admin absent and register unwanted activities.

Nowadays, scrot is maintained by volunteers.

Build and Install

scrot depends of the following libraries/artifacts to build:

autoconf-archive
giblib
imlib2
libtool
libxcomposite
libxfixes

To build and install, run the following commands:

$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./configure
$ make
# make install

To return to original source code you can use '$ make distclean' command.

On Debian systems you can use '# apt install scrot'.

Author

scrot was originally developed by Tom Gilbert under MIT-advertising license.