


GIFDIFF(1)                                             GIFDIFF(1)


NAME
       gifdiff - compares GIF images

SYNOPSIS
       gifdiff [options] GIF-file-1 GIF-file-2

DESCRIPTION
       gifdiff  compares  two  GIF  files  and determines if they
       appear identical. Differences that don't affect appearance
       (like  colormap ordering or how much an animation is opti-
       mized) are not reported.

       gifdiff prints details of any differences it finds. If the
       GIFs are the same, it prints nothing. It exits with status
       0 if there were no differences, 1 if there were some  dif-
       ferences, and 2 if there was trouble.

OPTIONS
       --brief, -q
            Report  only whether the GIFs differ, not the details
            of the differences.

       --ignore-redundancy, -w
            Do not report differences in the numbers of redundant
            frames  (frames  which  do  not  change the displayed
            image).

       --help
            Print usage information and exit.

       --version
            Print the version number and  some  quickie  warranty
            information and exit.

SEE ALSO
       gifsicle(1)

BUGS
       Please  email  suggestions, additions, patches and bugs to
       ekohler@gmail.com.

AUTHORS
       Eddie Kohler, ekohler@gmail.com
       http://www.read.seas.harvard.edu/~kohler/

       http://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/
       The gifsicle home page.










Version 1.70              31 August 1998                        1


