---
name: "grab_cgoban"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "cgoban"
version: "1.9.14-20"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/grab_cgoban"
---

# grab\_cgoban(6)

take a snapshot of a cgoban board

## NAME

grab\_cgoban - take a snapshot of a cgoban board

## SYNOPSIS

**grab\_cgoban** \[ *filename***.gif** \]

## DESCRIPTION

This shell script looks for a cgoban window, grabs the displayed Go board and saves it as a GIF file.  It can use imagemagick or pbmplus to convert the image to GIF.  If it can't find either, it will save it as an XWD image instead.  In that case it will add the extension **.xwd** to the filename supplied.

## AUTHOR

Anthony Thyssen \<anthony@cit.gu.edu.au\>.

This manual page was provided by Richard Braakman \<dark@xs4all.nl\>.