xcfinfo(1)

NAME

   xcfinfo - display information about GIMP xcf files

SYNOPSIS

   xcfinfo [ options ] filename

DESCRIPTION

   xcfinfo  is  a  command-line  tool  that displays information about the
   contents of image files in the XCF format used by gimp(1), particularly
   about the layers in the image.

OPTIONS

   -h, --help
           Print  an  option  summery  to  standard output and exit with a
           return code of 0.

   -j, --bzip
           Equivalent to -Z bzcat.  Default if the filename ends with bz2.

   -u, --utf8
           Use the raw UTF-8 representation from the XCF file  to  compare
           and  display  layer  names.   Ordinarily,  layer  names will be
           converted to the character set of the current locale.

   -v, --verbose
           Print progress messages about the conversion to standard error.

   -V, --version
           Print the version numer of xcftools to standard output and exit
           with a return code of 0.

   -z, --gzip
           Equivalent to -Z zcat.  Default if the filename ends with gz.

   -Z command, --unpack command
           Specify  a  command  that  the  input  file is filtered through
           before being interpreted as an XCF file. The command is invoked
           as  command  filename  and  must produce output to its standard
           output.  Note that it is not possible to specify  arguments  as
           part  of command.  An uncompressor is selected automatically if
           the filename ends with gz or bz2; to suppress this, use -Z  cat
           (which  is  implemented  without  actually  starting  a  cat(1)
           process).

OUTPUT

   Information about the image is displayed on standard output in a  fixed
   format.   The  first  line  contains  general information about the XCF
   file:

   -  The file format version

   -  The canvas size

   -  The image mode (color, grayscale, or indexed)

   -  The numer of layers

   -  The internal compression algorithm

   Following this line there is a line for each layer:

   1) The character + if the layer is visible and - if it is not

   2) The size and offset of the layer

   3) The pixel format of the layer, including whether the  layer  has  an
      alpha channel.

   4) The layer mode, as well as the opacity if not 100%, and /mask if the
      layer has an active layer mask.

   5) The name of the layer.

EXIT STATUS

   The exit status of xcfinfo is

   0    Success

   20   Problems parsing the command line.

   21   The specified XCF file does not exist or cannot be read.

   123  The XCF file contains presumably valid features that xcftools does
        not support.  (As of this writing there is no known way of getting
        the Gimp to write an XCF  file  that  will  provoke  this  return.
        Please notify the author if you discover one).

   125  The XCF file is malformed.

   126  An  uncompression  program  could  not  be executed, or terminated
        abnormally.

   127  Unexpected I/O  error,  internal  errors,  or  other  "this  can't
        happen" situations.

   If  an uncompression program returns an error exit status, this will be
   returned from xcfinfo too.

AUTHOR

   xcfinfo was written by Henning Makholm <[email protected]>.

SEE ALSO

   xcf2pnm(1), xcf2png(1)

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