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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Send screen to disk file
Message-ID: <1990Nov30.094616.11477@uwasa.fi>
Date: 30 Nov 90 09:46:16 GMT
References: <1990Nov29.161745.1240@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
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Organization: University of Vaasa
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In article <1990Nov29.161745.1240@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> merx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>Hi,
> I would like to log a session using DOS V3.3 (everything that goes to the
>screen also goes to disk) Is there a way or a small program that will allow
>this?

An extract from /pc/ts/tsfaq14.arc (available by anonymous ftp or
mail server from uwasa.fi archives):

1. *****
 Q: I want to capture to a file everything that comes on the
screen. How do I do this?

 A1: There are two sets of programs that are useful here. The first
set consists of programs which automatically capture to a file
everything that comes on the screen. Examples of these "scrolling"
programs are /pc/pd2/concpy11.zip (or whatever version is the
latest) and /pc/pd2/script11.zip.
   The second set are the "static" programs which capture a snapshot
of the screen, or a portion of the screen at the invocation of a hot
key. Get /pc/pd2/snippr22.zip for such a utility. Another is
/pc/printer/lamneth.zip which redirects the results of pressing the
PrintScreen key to a file instead of the printer. Please note that
these programs only work for the text mode. They won't capture
graphics output. (The same also goes for the next Q&As).

 A2: How to find files on chyde.uwasa.fi: If you are looking for a
particular program at chyde.uwasa.fi you should start by getting the
following files:
   /pc/INDEX
   /pc/pd2/0dir-pd2
   /pc/ts/0dir-ts 
   /pc/ts/tsarc100.txt (or whatever version number is latest)
And for seeing what is new in the /pc/pd2 and /pc/ts directories,
get
   /pc/pd2/0news-pd2
   /pc/ts/0news-ts

2. *****
 Q: I want to get printed everything that comes to the screen. How
can I achieve this?

 A: Simple. First capture the output to a file (see the previous
Q&A) and then print the file.

3. *****
 Q: How can I direct all output to a file instead of the printer?

 A: There is a good utility called /pc/pd2/lptx.zip exactly for this
purpose. It comes in several versions. There is another utility
/pc/printer/prn2file.zip which I haven't tested myself, but should
be good judging from the comments of the others.

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Prof. Timo Salmi        (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3)
School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun