[CentOS] Question on /usr/bin/import for CentOS 7

[Jerry Geis]

it seems as xdm -root | convert -  screen.png

works just fine.

Thanks,

Jerry

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Jerry Geis <jerry.geis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes I am running as root. If I try as a user I get the same behavior.
>
> Two things here.
> If on my desktop in a gnome window I run "import -silent -window root
> screen.png" I get a file.
>
> However if I run the command using a shell script on a machine its not
> working.
> So in my script I have:
> export DISPLAY=:0.0
> /usr/bin/import -silent -window root screen.png
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jerry
>