.TH tifftopnm 1 "13 January 1991"
.IX tifftopnm
.SH NAME
tifftopnm - convert a TIFF file into a portable anymap
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B tifftopnm
.RB [ -headerdump ]
.RI [ tifffile ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Reads a TIFF file as input.
.IX TIFF
Produces a portable anymap as output.
The type of the output file depends on the input file - if it's
black & white, a
.I pbm
file is written, else if it's grayscale a
.I pgm
file, else a
.I ppm
file.  The program tells you which type it is writing.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B -headerdump
Dump TIFF file information to stderr.  This information may be useful 
in debugging TIFF file conversion problems.  
.PP
All flags can be abbreviated to their shortest unique prefix.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
pnmtotiff(1), pnm(5)
.SH BUGS
This program is not self-contained.  To use it you must fetch the
TIFF Software package listed in the OTHER.SYSTEMS file and configure
PBMPLUS to use libtiff.  See PBMPLUS's Makefile for details on this
configuration.
.SH AUTHOR
Derived by Jef Poskanzer from tif2ras.c, which is
Copyright (c) 1990 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Author: Patrick J. Naughton (naughton@wind.sun.com).
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