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| 1 | +# scrot (SCReenshOT) |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +#### scrot - command line screen capture utility |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +## Help this project ## |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +scrot needs your help. **If you are a programmer** and if you wants to help a |
| 8 | +nice project, this is your opportunity. |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +scrot (SCReenshOT) was imported from some tarballs from Debian Project[1]. |
| 11 | +After this, all patches found in Debian project and other places for this program |
| 12 | +were applied. All initial work was registered in ChangeLog file (version 0.9 and |
| 13 | +later releases). scrot is packaged in Debian[2] Project. |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +If you are interested to help SCReenshOT, read the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) file. |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +[1]: https://snapshot.debian.org/package/scrot/ |
| 18 | +[2]: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/scrot |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +## What is scrot (SCReenshOT)? ## |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +scrot (SCReenshOT) is a simple command line screen capture utility that uses |
| 23 | +imlib2 to grab and save images. Multiple image formats are supported through |
| 24 | +imlib2's dynamic saver modules. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +Some features of the scrot: |
| 27 | + - support to multiple image formats (JPG, PNG, GIF, etc.). |
| 28 | + - optimization of the screen shots image quality. |
| 29 | + - capture a specific window or a rectangular area on the screen with the |
| 30 | + help of switch. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +scrot also can be used to monitor a desktop PC in admin absent and register |
| 33 | +unwanted activities. |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +Nowadays, scrot is maintained by volunteers. |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +## Build and Install ## |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +scrot depends of the following libraries/artifacts to build: |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | + - autoconf-archive |
| 42 | + - giblib |
| 43 | + - imlib2 |
| 44 | + - libtool |
| 45 | + - libxcursor |
| 46 | + - libxfixes |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +To build and install, run the following commands: |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | + $ ./autogen.sh |
| 51 | + $ ./configure |
| 52 | + $ make |
| 53 | + # make install |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +To return to original source code you can use '$ make distclean' command. |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +On Debian systems you can use '# apt install scrot'. |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +## Author ## |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +scrot was originally developed by Tom Gilbert under MIT-advertising license. |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +Currently, source code and newer versions are available at |
| 64 | +https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects/scrot |
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