====== bufferfile ======

===== Default Keybindings =====

None.

===== Syntax =====

  * ''**bufferfile** [//exchange-file//]''

===== Description =====

Change the filename used for reading and writing with the paste buffer.
If the optional argument to the ''bufferfile'' command is omitted, the
default setting ("/tmp/screen-exchange") is reactivated.

===== Examples =====

The following example will paste the system’s password file into the
''screen'' window (using the paste buffer, where a copy remains):

''[[commands:colon|C-a :]] bufferfile /etc/passwd''\\
''[[commands:readbuf|C-a <]] [[commands:paste|C-a ] ]]''\\
''[[commands:colon|C-a :]] bufferfile''

===== See Also =====

  * [[:text_exchange]]