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

On 1/13/2017 12:51 PM, Jerry Geis 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

when you're on that gnome window,  echo $DISPLAY     ... is it in fact 
:0.0 ?


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