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.\" makexvpics - create xv-compatible thumbnails.
.\" Public domain by Russell Marks, 1998/1999.
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.TH MAKEXVPICS 1 "4th July, 1999" "Version 1.0.1" "Graphics Utilities"
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.SH NAME
makexvpics \- create xv-compatible thumbnails
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR makexvpics " [ " -fhRv
.RI "] " picture_file_or_dir " [ " ... " ]"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
Makexvpics creates/updates xv/zgv/Gimp-compatible thumbnails for
picture files such as GIFs, JPEGs, etc. It may be useful if you want a
non-interactive way of keeping such files up to date.
.PP
The formats currently supported are GIF, JPEG, PNG, PBM/PGM/PPM, mrf,
BMP, TGA, and PCX.
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.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.I -f
force thumbnails to be updated. Ordinarily they're only updated if no
thumbnail exists or if the picture file is newer.
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.I -h
give usage help.
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.I -R
recurse into subdirectories.
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.I -v
be verbose - echo names (or rather, `basename's) of files which are
being updated.
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.SH BUGS
It's pretty slow.
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.SH AUTHOR
Russell Marks (rus@forfree.at).
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR xv "(1),"
.BR zgv "(1)"