NAME

pnmtosgi - convert a PNM image to a SGI image file

SYNOPSIS

pnmtosgi

[-verbatim|-rle]

[-imagename Name]

[pnmfile]

DESCRIPTION

This program is part of Netpbm(1)

pnmtosgi reads a PNM image as input and produces an SGI image file as output. The SGI image will be 2-dimensional (1 channel) for PBM and PGM input, and 3-dimensional (3 channels) for PPM.

OPTIONS

-verbatim

Write an uncompressed file.

-rle (default)

Write a compressed (run length encoded) file.

-imagename name

Write the string 'name' into the imagename field of the header. The name string is limited to 79 characters. If no name is given, pnmtosgi writes 'no name' into this field.

REFERENCES

SGI Image File Format documentation (draft v0.95) by Paul Haeberli (paul@sgi.com). Available via ftp at sgi.com:graphics/SGIIMAGESPEC.

SEE ALSO

pnm(5) , sgitopnm(1)

AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1994 by Ingo Wilken (Ingo.Wilken@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de)