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From: rusty@steelmill.cs.umd.edu (Rusty Haddock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Help with Amiga PBMPlus
Keywords: HELP!
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Date: 24 Sep 90 20:25:16 GMT
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In article <15941@wpi.WPI.EDU> jdutka@wpi.WPI.EDU (John Dutka) writes:
   >I seem to be having some problems with giftoppm, included in the Amiga
   >version of PBMPlus.lzh, on abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov...
   >When using the program, the only output I get is an empty file...
   >The documentation os far from complete, and I've tried:
   >giftoppm file.gif file.ppm
   >and
   >giftoppm -vq file.gif file.ppm
   >Can anyone out there help me with this?

Try this:

	giftoppm >file.ppm file.gif

As best as I can remember all the PBMplus programs send their output
to stdout.  Remember that AmigaDOS/Shell wants it's I/O redirection
right after the command name -- Unix will take it most anywhere.

	-Rusty-
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