openslide-write-png(1)

OPENSLIDE-WRITE-PNG(1)

User Commands

OPENSLIDE-WRITE-PNG(1)

NAME

openslide-write-png - Write a region of a virtual slide to a PNG

SYNOPSIS

openslide-write-png [--help] [--version] slide-file x y level width height output-file

DESCRIPTION

Write a region of the specified level of a virtual slide to a PNG image. x and y are pixel coordinates in level 0, the highest-resolution slide level. width and height are pixel dimensions in the specified level.

The dimensions of each level of a slide can be obtained with openslide-show-properties(1).

OPTIONS

--help: Display usage summary.
--version: Display version and copyright information.

EXIT STATUS

openslide-write-png returns 0 on success, 1 if an error occurred, or 2 if the arguments are invalid.

NOTES

openslide-write-png is a legacy command and no new features will be added. Its replacement is the region read subcommand of slidetool(1).

COPYRIGHT

OpenSlide is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the

OpenSlide comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.