TIFFSPLIT(1) User Commands TIFFSPLIT(1)

NAME

tiffsplit - split a multi-image TIFF into single-image TIFF files

SYNOPSIS

tiffsplit src.tif [ prefix ]

DESCRIPTION

tiffsplit takes a multi-directory (page) TIFF file and creates one or
more single-directory (page) TIFF files from it. The output files
are given names created by concatenating a prefix, a lexically
ordered suffix in the range [aaa-zzz], the suffix .tif (e.g.
xaaa.tif, xaab.tif, ..., xzzz.tif). If a prefix is not specified on
the command line, the default prefix of x is used.

OPTIONS

None.

EXIT STATUS

tiffsplit exits with one of the following values:
0 Success
1 An error occurred either reading the input or writing results.

BUGS

Only a select set of ``known tags'' is copied when splitting.

SEE ALSO

tiffcp(1), tiffinfo(1), libtiff(3TIFF)

Libtiff library home page: http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/

libtiff September 20, 2005 TIFFSPLIT(1)