NAME¶

plaintov - convert image from Vista plain file format to Vista data file

SYNOPSIS¶

plaintov [-option ...] [infile] [outfile]

DESCRIPTION¶

plaintov reads an image in Vista plain file format and writes is as a Vista data file. Plain file format, defined in Vplain(5Vi), allows a small image to be created entirely using a text editor because it represents pixel values in ASCII. In a Vista data file, those pixel values are encoded in binary.

COMMAND LINE OPTIONS¶

plaintov accepts the following options:

-help

Prints a message describing options.

-in infile

Specifies the input file, which is in Vista plain file format.

-out outfile

Specifies the output file, which will be a Vista data file.

-name name

Specifies the name to be given the converted image. Default: ``image''.

Input and output files can be specified on the command line or allowed to default to the standard input and output streams.

SEE ALSO¶

VImage(3Vi), Vplain(5Vi), Vfile(5Vi), Vista(7Vi)

AUTHOR¶

Daniel Ko <ko@cs.ubc.ca>