https://github.com/dbeley/autoscreen
Automatically take screenshots at a random time every hour (xorg and wayland compatible).
https://github.com/dbeley/autoscreen
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Automatically take screenshots at a random time every hour (xorg and wayland compatible).
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/dbeley/autoscreen
- Owner: dbeley
- Created: 2021-02-12T00:45:05.000Z (over 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-10-13T08:17:56.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-27T15:45:56.349Z (over 1 year ago)
- Topics: auto-screenshot, auto-screenshots, autoscreen, autoscreenshot, autoscreenshots, maim, screenshot, screenshots
- Language: Shell
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- Size: 5.86 KB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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# autoscreen
Automatically take screenshots with maim.
What you can change:
- frequency: `OnCalendar` value in `systemd-service/autoscreen.timer`
- directory from where autoscreen will be run: `WorkingDirectory` value in `systemd-service/autoscreen.service`
- directory where the screenshots will be stored: `DESTINATION_DIR` variable in `autoscreen.sh`
## Requirements
- maim
## Installation
```
git clone https://github.com/dbeley/autoscreen
cd autoscreen
chmod +x *.sh
cp systemd-service/* ~/.config/systemd/user
systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable --now autoscreen.timer
systemctl --user status autoscreen
# if you use wayland
systemctl --user enable --now autoscreen_wayland.timer
systemctl --user status autoscreen_wayland
```