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Windows screen shots via command-line SSH session

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Problem

I've browsed the handful of "screen capture" queries here, but I was unable to find anything which addressed my specific need. I'm looking for a command-line tool that I can run via remote SSH connection (by way of the cygwin sshd daemon). There are several to choose from, but the few I've tried (Iā€¦

Error Output

ssh user@windowshost "screencap --output /tmp/console.jpg"
scp user@windowshost:/tmp/console.jpg /some/destdir

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Fix for: Windows screen shots via command-line SSH session

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If you already have VNC on the machine you may try to make screenshots through VNC, e.g. with VNC Snapshot.

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