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<STRONG><A HREF="scr_dump.5.html">scr_dump(5)</A></STRONG> File formats <STRONG><A HREF="scr_dump.5.html">scr_dump(5)</A></STRONG>
into the array of line-data and adjust the <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> structure which
was read back into memory.
- This is similar to Unix SystemV, but does not write a "magic number" to
- identify the file format.
+ This is similar to Unix System V, but does not write a "magic number"
+ to identify the file format.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>or</STRONG> <STRONG>to</STRONG> <STRONG>earlier</STRONG> <STRONG>XPG</STRONG> <STRONG>releases</STRONG>, for clarity.
-</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Unix-SystemV">Unix SystemV</a></H3><PRE>
- Unix SystemV curses identified the file format by writing a "magic
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Unix-System-V">Unix System V</a></H3><PRE>
+ Unix System V curses identified the file format by writing a "magic
number" at the beginning of the dump. The <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> data and the lines of
text follow, all in binary form.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-PDCurses">PDCurses</a></H3><PRE>
PDCurses added support for screen dumps in version 2.7 (2005). Like
- Unix SystemV and ncurses5, it writes the <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> structure in binary,
+ Unix System V and ncurses5, it writes the <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> structure in binary,
but begins the file with its three-byte identifier "PDC", followed by a
one-byte version, e.g.,
-ncurses 6.4 2023-09-16 <STRONG><A HREF="scr_dump.5.html">scr_dump(5)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4 2023-09-23 <STRONG><A HREF="scr_dump.5.html">scr_dump(5)</A></STRONG>
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