<s>
scrot	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
minimalist	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
screen	B-Application
capturing	I-Application
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
substantial	O
degree	O
of	O
flexibility	O
by	O
specifying	O
parameters	O
on	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
,	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
invoke	O
a	O
third-party	O
utility	O
to	O
manipulate	O
the	O
resulting	O
screenshot	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
include	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
limit	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
capturing	O
to	O
a	O
specific	O
screen	O
area	O
,	O
to	O
set	O
the	O
delay	O
(	O
if	O
needed	O
to	O
capture	O
some	O
menu	O
or	O
another	O
UI	O
element	O
which	O
is	O
shown	O
only	O
when	O
focused	O
)	O
and	O
to	O
specify	O
the	O
filename	O
template	O
using	O
wildcards	B-Algorithm
(	O
including	O
those	O
of	O
the	O
strftime	O
function	O
from	O
the	B-Language
C	I-Language
standard	I-Language
library	I-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
features	O
include	O
creating	O
thumbnails	O
of	O
the	O
taken	O
screenshots	B-Application
and	O
specifying	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
resulting	O
image	O
if	O
lossy	B-Algorithm
format	O
is	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scrot	B-Protocol
utility	O
follows	O
the	B-Operating_System
UNIX	I-Operating_System
philosophy	I-Operating_System
principles	O
formulated	O
by	O
Doug	O
McIlroy	O
:	O
the	O
only	O
thing	O
it	O
does	O
is	O
screen	B-Application
capturing	I-Application
,	O
though	O
it	O
allows	O
one	O
to	O
specify	O
a	O
command	O
for	O
further	O
manipulations	O
of	O
a	O
resulting	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ability	O
to	O
control	O
scrot	B-Protocol
from	O
the	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
run	O
it	O
over	O
the	O
network	O
with	O
tools	O
like	O
OpenSSH	B-Language
to	O
get	O
a	O
screenshot	B-Application
of	O
a	O
remote	O
desktop	O
or	O
execute	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
command	O
binding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2019	O
,	O
scrot	B-Protocol
was	O
forked	B-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Resurrecting	O
Open	O
Source	O
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
updated	O
fork	B-Application
is	O
being	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
Arch	O
Linux	O
package	O
of	O
scrot	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
version	O
1.8.1	O
,	O
2023-01-21	O
,	O
scrot	B-Protocol
does	O
not	O
support	O
Wayland-based	O
systems	O
because	O
,	O
by	O
design	O
,	O
Wayland	O
is	O
more	O
secure	O
than	O
X11	B-Operating_System
and	O
does	O
not	O
allow	O
one	O
application	O
to	O
capture	O
the	O
content	O
of	O
other	O
applications	O
 '	O
windows	O
.	O
</s>
