hdftoxwd(1)

NAME
hdftoxwd - convert an HDF image to an XWD image.

SYNOPSIS
hdftoxwd -i imagefile [-options argument]

DESCRIPTION
Hdftoxwd converts an HDF image to an XWD image. This is mostly useful for quick display of an HDF image on an X display, or to print the HDF image on a tek4693 color printer. To print the image, you must also use xwdtotek4693.
(ie. hdftoxwd -i image | xwdtotek4693 | lpr -Poliver).

REQUIRED ARGUMENTS

-i imagefile
    The input image. This must be present, stdin cannot be used.

OPTIONS

-n imagenumber
    HDF files may have more than 1 image. This option allows you to choose which image.

-p palettenumber
    HDF files may have more than 1 palette. This option allows you to choose which palette to use.

-f palettefile
    A palette may come from another file. This kind of palette must come from an HDF file.

-o outputfile
    Specifies the output file. If not specified, output defaults to stdout.

SEE ALSO
paltohdf(1), xwdtohdf(1), xwdtotek4693(1)

BUGS
You bet. Mail to olsen@msc2.tn.cornell.edu.

REQUIREMENTS
The NCSA HDF library should be present on your system.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks to NCSA for providing the HDF file specifications, and the Unix C code needed to manipulate them. Thanks to Jef Poskanzer for inspirations and code segments for X Window Dump read/write routines in his package PBMPLUS.

AUTHOR
Dave Olsen