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<H1 class="no-header">curs_scr_dump 3x</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_scr_dump.3x.html">curs_scr_dump(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="curs_scr_dump.3x.html">curs_scr_dump(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>scr_dump</STRONG>, <STRONG>scr_restore</STRONG>, <STRONG>scr_init</STRONG>, <STRONG>scr_set</STRONG> - read (write) a <STRONG>curses</STRONG> screen
from (to) a file
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>scr_dump(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*filename);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>scr_restore(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*filename);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>scr_init(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*filename);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>scr_set(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*filename);</STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
The <STRONG>scr_dump</STRONG> routine dumps the current contents of the <EM>virtual</EM> <EM>screen</EM>
to the file <EM>filename</EM>.
The <STRONG>scr_restore</STRONG> routine sets the <EM>virtual</EM> <EM>screen</EM> to the contents of
<EM>filename</EM>, which must have been written using <STRONG>scr_dump</STRONG>. The next call
to <STRONG>doupdate</STRONG> restores the <EM>physical</EM> <EM>screen</EM> to the way it looked in the
dump file.
The <STRONG>scr_init</STRONG> routine reads in the contents of <EM>filename</EM> and uses them to
initialize the <STRONG>curses</STRONG> data structures about what the terminal currently
has on its screen. If the data is determined to be valid, <STRONG>curses</STRONG> bases
its next update of the screen on this information rather than clearing
the screen and starting from scratch. <STRONG>scr_init</STRONG> is used after <STRONG>initscr</STRONG>
or a <STRONG>system</STRONG> call to share the screen with another process which has
done a <STRONG>scr_dump</STRONG> after its <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">endwin(3x)</A></STRONG> call. The data is declared in-
valid
<STRONG>o</STRONG> if the terminfo capabilities <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG> and <STRONG>nrrmc</STRONG> exist, also
<STRONG>o</STRONG> if the terminal has been written to since the preceding <STRONG>scr_dump</STRONG>
call.
The <STRONG>scr_set</STRONG> routine is a combination of <STRONG>scr_restore</STRONG> and <STRONG>scr_init</STRONG>. It
tells the program that the information in <EM>filename</EM> is what is currently
on the screen, and also what the program wants on the screen. This can
be thought of as a screen inheritance function.
To read (write) a window from (to) a file, use the <STRONG>getwin</STRONG> and <STRONG>putwin</STRONG>
routines [see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG>].
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
All routines return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> upon success.
X/Open defines no error conditions. In this implementation, each will
return an error if the file cannot be opened.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
Note that <STRONG>scr_init</STRONG>, <STRONG>scr_set</STRONG>, and <STRONG>scr_restore</STRONG> may be macros.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4, describes these functions (adding the
const qualifiers).
The SVr4 docs merely say under <STRONG>scr_init</STRONG> that the dump data is also con-
sidered invalid "if the time-stamp of the tty is old" but do not define
"old".
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG>,
<STRONG><A HREF="scr_dump.5.html">scr_dump(5)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>system(3)</STRONG>
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_scr_dump.3x.html">curs_scr_dump(3x)</A></STRONG>
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