macptopbm

   Updated: 29 March 1989
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NAME

   macptopbm - convert a MacPaint file into a PBM image

SYNOPSIS

   macptopbm [-extraskip N] [macpfile]

   You can abbreviate any option to its shortest unique prefix.

DESCRIPTION

   This program is part of Netpbm.

   macptopbmreads a MacPaint file as input and produces a PBM im-
age as output.

OPTIONS

   -extraskip
	  This	flag  is  to  get  around  a  problem  with  some
methods of
	  transferring	files  from  the  Mac  world  to the Unix
world. Most of
	  these methods leave the Mac files alone, but a  few  of
them add the
	  "finderinfo" data onto the front of the Unix file. This
means an
	  extra 128 bytes to skip over when reading the file. The
symptom to
	  watch	 for is that the resulting PBM file looks shifted
to one side.
	  If you get this, try -extraskip 128, and if that  still
doesn't look
	  right try another value.



SEE ALSO

   picttoppm, pbmtomacp, pbm

AUTHOR

   Copyright (C) 1988 by Jef Poskanzer. The MacPaint-reading code
is copyright
   (c) 1987 by Patrick J. Naughton (naughton@wind.sun.com).
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Table Of Contents

     * NAME
     * SYNOPSIS
     * DESCRIPTION
     * OPTIONS
     * SEE ALSO
     * AUTHOR

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. convert
2. file
3. as
4. pbmtomacp