Setting default directory for screenshots in GNOME

There is no easy way to configure the location where screenshots get saved using gnome-screenshot.

In order to set this option, install dconf-editor package:

yum install dconf-editor

Run dconf-editor, navigate to org/gnome/gnome-screenshot, and specify any directory in the auto-save-directory value where all screen shots should be saved automatically, for example, file:///home/user/Screenshots.

Remember to change the value of last-save-directory too, so that any screenshot taken by running gnome-screenshot in interactive mmode will save it to this location too.

While this sets the directory where screenshots get saved, there is no option to set the name of the screenshots. This isn't a problem by itself, but if you share the image with Windows users, it is impossible for them to open such files.

There is a simple hack to rename these screenshots immediately after their creation.

First install inotify-tools

yum install inotify-tools

Then run this command:

while true; do inotifywait -e CREATE ~/Screenshots && rename 's/\:/\_/' Screenshot/Screenshot*.png; done;

When this command is run, everytime you save a new screenshot in ~/Screenshot/ directory, the script will rename every file containing :, substituting : with _.

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