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g.ppmtopng

Converts between PPM/PGM and PNG image formats.

g.ppmtopng input=name output=name [--overwrite] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--qq] [--ui]

Example:

g.ppmtopng input=name output=name

grass.script.run_command("g.ppmtopng", input, output, overwrite=None, verbose=None, quiet=None, superquiet=None)

Example:

gs.run_command("g.ppmtopng", input="name", output="name")

grass.tools.Tools.g_ppmtopng(input, output, overwrite=None, verbose=None, quiet=None, superquiet=None)

Example:

tools = Tools()
tools.g_ppmtopng(input="name", output="name")

This grass.tools API is experimental in version 8.5 and expected to be stable in version 8.6.

Parameters

input=name [required]
    Name of input file
output=name [required]
    Name for output file
--overwrite
    Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--help
    Print usage summary
--verbose
    Verbose module output
--quiet
    Quiet module output
--qq
    Very quiet module output
--ui
    Force launching GUI dialog

input : str, required
    Name of input file
    Used as: input, file, name
output : str, required
    Name for output file
    Used as: output, file, name
overwrite: bool, optional
    Allow output files to overwrite existing files
    Default: None
verbose: bool, optional
    Verbose module output
    Default: None
quiet: bool, optional
    Quiet module output
    Default: None
superquiet: bool, optional
    Very quiet module output
    Default: None

input : str | io.StringIO, required
    Name of input file
    Used as: input, file, name
output : str, required
    Name for output file
    Used as: output, file, name
overwrite: bool, optional
    Allow output files to overwrite existing files
    Default: None
verbose: bool, optional
    Verbose module output
    Default: None
quiet: bool, optional
    Quiet module output
    Default: None
superquiet: bool, optional
    Very quiet module output
    Default: None

DESCRIPTION

g.ppmtopng isn't meant for end users. It's a utility to convert between PPM/PGM and PNG image formats.

AUTHOR

Glynn Clements

SOURCE CODE

Available at: g.ppmtopng source code (history)
Latest change: Thursday Jul 10 16:27:29 2025 in commit c185d6f