NAME
save - CVIPtools command to save an image from the image
queue to disk
SYNOPSIS
save # [type]
# - image queue number of the image to save
[type] - image format option for automatic type conversion
OPTIONS
If a type is specified during the save command, the image
will be converted during the save operation.
If no type is specified, a byte-type image will be saved
with the current format; a non-byte image will be saved as a
"vip" (Visualization in Image Processing) file.
DESCRIPTION
The save command is needed to write a copy of the image to
disk. Images will be saved to the current directory, which
can be determined with a "pwd" command. CVIPtools creates
and uses ".cvip_temp/image/", a tempory directory in the
user's home directory, for storage of images created with
CVIPtools. All images in the temporary directory are lost
during a normal or abnormal exit from the program.
Images in the queue that have not been saved to disk are
indicated with "(save needed)" following the image name in
the queue.
EXAMPLES
To save a byte-type image with its current extension, type
save #
where # represents the image queue number. If the item in
the queue is not of type "byte", it will be saved with the
"vip" extension.
To save an image as a different type, enter
save # type
where # represents the image queue number, and type
represents the desired file type. The available types are
BIN, CCC, EPS, GIF, ITX, IRIS, PPM, PGM, PBM, RAS, and TIF.
FILES
builtin.c, image_queue.c
DIAGNOSTICS
"number_to_name: There is no queue entry for #" if an
attempt is made to save a non-existent queue number.
BUGS
None at this time
SEE ALSO
pq(1)
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1995 SIUE - by Scott Umbaugh and Mark Zuke.