Copying the GNU screen scrollback buffer to a file (extended hardcopy)

Question

How do I easily copy the GNU Screen scrollback buffer to a file? I.e., a more powerful version of the \'hardcopy\' command?

In GNU screen, I can use \"Ctrl

Answer 1

This worked for me:

Enter edit mode (~) and type:

:hardcopy -h buff_file

It created a huge file, of which 98% was empty, but my logs were fully present in remaining 2%.