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<H1>pnmcomp</H1>
Updated: 02 August 2014
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<H2>NAME</H2>
<B>pnmcomp</B> - replaced by pamcomp
<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
<p>This program is part of <a href="index.html">Netpbm</a>.
<p><b>pnmcomp</b> was obsoleted by <a href="pamcomp.html"><b>pamcomp</b></a>,
introduced with Netpbm 10.21 (March 2004). <b>pamcomp</b> is backward
compatible with <b>pnmcomp</b>, plus adds many additional functions. Among
this is the ability to process PAM images, including those with transparency
channels.
<p><b>pnmcomp</b> remained in the Netpbm package until Netpbm 10.68 (September
2014) because of hopes that it had fewer bugs than <b>pamcomp</b> because of
its age. But now it would just be clutter.
<p>In Netpbm before 10.21, use the manual for <b>pamcomp</b> with
<b>pnmcomp</b>. Features that are in <b>pamcomp</b> but not <b>pnmcomp</b>
are indicated by statements that they didn't exist before 10.21.
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