Standard output is the "file" which is connected to your console by default.
If an application prints something, it is sent there and thus normally
displayed. However it is sometimes desireable to save the output away.
This is done using "output redirection" which can be e.g. done by
bash$ scanimage >output.ppm
for about any shell I know.
> i also don't know why there isn't an xscanimage binary.
Could you send a transcript of the ./configure session to see what is
happening ? Or maybe getting a binary package would be a good idea.
CU,ANdy
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