User Commands                                          tiffcmp(1)



NAME
     tiffcmp - compare two TIF files

SYNOPSIS
     tiffcmp [options] file1.tif file2.tif

DESCRIPTION
     tiffcmp compares the tags and  data  in  two  files  created
     according to the Tagged Image File Format, Revision 6.0. The
     schemes used for compressing data in  each  file  are  imma-
     terial   when  comparing  data.  Files  are  compared  on  a
     scanline-by-scanline basis after decompression. Most  direc-
     tory  tags  are  checked, notable exceptions are GrayRespon-
     seCurve, ColorResponseCurve, and ColorMap tags. Data is  not
     compared  if  any  of the BitsPerSample, SamplesPerPixel, or
     ImageWidth values are not equal. By  default,  tiffcmp  ter-
     minates if any difference is encountered.

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -l              List each byte of image  data  that  differs
                     between the files.



     -t              Ignore any differences in directory tags.



OPERANDS
     The following operands are supported:

     filex.tif       The names of the TIF files to be compared.



ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWTiff                    
    
     Interface stability          Uncommitted                 
    


SEE ALSO




SunOS 5.11          Last change: 26 Mar 2004                    1






User Commands                                          tiffcmp(1)



     pal2rgb(1),  tiffinfo(1),  tiffcp(1),  tiffmedian(1),   lib-
     tiff(3)

NOTES
     Tags that are not recognized by the  library  are  not  com-
     pared. Such tags may also generate spurious diagnostics.

     Updated by Breda McColgan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.















































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