SCREENCAPTURE

NAME
     screencapture -- capture and manipulate clipboard contents

SYNOPSIS
     screencapture [-SWcimswx] file

DESCRIPTION
     The screencapture utility is not very well documented to date.  A list of
     options follows.

     -S      In window capture mode, capture the screen instead of the window.

     -W      Start interaction in window selection mode.

     -c      Force screen capture to go to the clipboard.

     -i      Capture screen interactively, by selection or window.  The control
             key will cause the screen shot to go to the clipboard.  The
             space key will toggle between mouse selection and window selection
             modes.  The escape key will cancel the interactive screen
             shot.

     -m      Only capture the main monitor, undefined if -i is set.

     -s      Only allow mouse selection mode.

     -w      Only allow window selection mode.

     -x      Do not play sounds.

     -C      Capture the cursor as well as the screen.  Only allowed in noninteractive
             modes.

     -t      <format> Image format to create, default is png.

     file    where to save the screen capture

BUGS
     Better documentation is needed for this utility.

HISTORY
     A screencapture utility first appeared in Darwin 6.0.

Darwin                           June 16, 2004                          Darwin