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.\" $Id: tiffsplit.1,v 1.6 2009-08-24 19:13:40 bfriesen Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1992-1997 Sam Leffler
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.\" Copyright (c) 1992-1997 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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.\"
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.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and 
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.\" its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided
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.\" that (i) the above copyright notices and this permission notice appear in
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.\" all copies of the software and related documentation, and (ii) the names of
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.\" Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any advertising or
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.\" publicity relating to the software without the specific, prior written
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.\" permission of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics.
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.\" 
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.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, 
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.\" EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY 
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.\" WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  
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.\" 
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.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL SAM LEFFLER OR SILICON GRAPHICS BE LIABLE FOR
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.\" ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND,
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.\" OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
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.\" WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF 
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.\" LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE 
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.\" OF THIS SOFTWARE.
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.\"
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.if n .po 0
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.TH TIFFSPLIT 1 "September 20, 2005" "libtiff"
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.SH NAME
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tiffsplit \- split a multi-image
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.SM TIFF
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into single-image
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.SM TIFF
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files
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B tiffsplit
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.I src.tif
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[
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.I prefix
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]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.I tiffsplit
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takes a multi-directory (page)
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.SM TIFF
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file and creates one or more single-directory (page)
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.SM TIFF
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files from it.
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The output files are given names created by concatenating
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a prefix, a lexically ordered
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suffix in the range [\fIaaa\fP-\fIzzz\fP], the suffix
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.I .tif 
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(e.g. 
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.IR xaaa.tif ,
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.IR xaab.tif ,
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.IR ... ,
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.IR xzzz.tif ).
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If a prefix is not specified on the command line,
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the default prefix of
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.I x
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is used.
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.SH OPTIONS
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None.
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.SH BUGS
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Only a select set of ``known tags'' is copied when splitting.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR tiffcp (1),
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.BR tiffinfo (1),
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.BR libtiff (3TIFF)
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.PP
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Libtiff library home page:
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.BR http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/