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/