<html> <head> <title>AdvanceCOMP PNG Compression Utility</title> </head> <body> <center><h2>AdvanceCOMP PNG Compression Utility</h2></center> <h2><a name="1">1</a> Synopsis </h2> <pre> advpng [-l, --list] [-z, --recompress] [-0, --shrink-0] [-1, --shrink-fast] [-2, --shrink-normal [-3, --shrink-extra] [-4, --shrink-insane] [-f, --force] [-q, --quiet] [-h, --help] [-V, --version] FILES... </pre> <h2><a name="2">2</a> Description </h2> The main purpose of this utility is to recompress png files to get the smallest possible size. <p> Please note that this utility is not able to read a generic file. It's granted to be able to read only the files generated by the AdvanceMAME emulator. <p> To compress the files this utility uses the following strategies: <ul> <li> Remove all ancillary chunks. </li> <li> Concatenate all the IDAT chunks. </li> <li> Use the 7zip Deflate implementation. </li> </ul> <h2><a name="3">3</a> Options </h2> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr valign="top" align="left"><td><strong> -l, --list FILES... </strong></td></tr><tr><td> List the content of the specified files. </td></tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr valign="top" align="left"><td><strong> -z, --recompress FILES... </strong></td></tr><tr><td> Recompress the specified files. If the -1, -2, -3 options are specified it's used the smallest file choice from the previous compressed data and the new compression. If the -0 option is specified the file is always rewritten without any compression. </td></tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr valign="top" align="left"><td><strong> -0, --shrink-store </strong></td></tr><tr><td> Disable the compression. The file is only stored and not compressed. The file is always rewritten also if it's bigger. </td></tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr valign="top" align="left"><td><strong> -1, --shrink-fast </strong></td></tr><tr><td> Set the compression level to "fast". </td></tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr valign="top" align="left"><td><strong> -2, --shrink-normal </strong></td></tr><tr><td> Set the compression level to "normal". This is the default level of compression. </td></tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr valign="top" align="left"><td><strong> -3, --shrink-extra </strong></td></tr><tr><td> Set the compression level to "extra". </td></tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr valign="top" align="left"><td><strong> -4, --shrink-insane </strong></td></tr><tr><td> Set the compression level to "insane". </td></tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr valign="top" align="left"><td><strong> -f, --force </strong></td></tr><tr><td> Force the use of the new file also if it's bigger. </td></tr> </table> <h2><a name="4">4</a> Copyright </h2> This file is Copyright (C) 2002 Andrea Mazzoleni, Filipe Estima <h2><a name="5">5</a> See Also </h2> advzip(1), advmng(1), advdef(1) </body> </html>