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This is the README for Image::PNG::FileConvert version 0.09.

Image::PNG::FileConvert is a "module" for the Perl computer programming
language, a library of computer code to install on a computer.  This
document contains four sections:

1. About - what the module does

2. Documentation - how to learn more about the module

3. Installation - how to install this module on a computer

4. Help - what to do if you get stuck

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1. ABOUT

Image::PNG::FileConvert - convert a file to or from a PNG image

This module can convert any arbitrary data file, either binary or
text, into a PNG image. PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is a lossless
image format. (See "Image::PNG::Libpng/SEE ALSO" for details about
the PNG format.)  Lossless means that there is no loss of data;
whatever data is put into the original image can always be recovered
exactly. This module takes advantage of that to use PNG image format
to store arbitrary data under the guise of a PNG image.

This module is very simplistic, and should be considered an example of
the use of "Image::PNG::Libpng". If you need to do more complex
things than this module provides, please consider reading the source
code of this module as a starting point for making your own functions.

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2. DOCUMENTATION

You can read the documentation for the module online at the following
websites:

    * http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Image::PNG::FileConvert
    * http://metacpan.org/release/Image-PNG-FileConvert

(These links go to the latest version of the module.)

After installing the module, you can read the documentation on your
computer using

    perldoc Image::PNG::FileConvert

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3. INSTALLATION

This module requires Perl version 5.8.1 or later.

To install the module from CPAN, use

    cpan Image::PNG::FileConvert

If you have the App::cpanminus installer, you may prefer

    cpanm Image::PNG::FileConvert

To install the module from the source file,
Image-PNG-FileConvert-0.09.tar.gz, follow this sequence of commands:

    tar xfz Image-PNG-FileConvert-0.09.tar.gz
    cd Image-PNG-FileConvert-0.09
    perl Makefile.PL
    make
    make install

If you want to test the module before installing it, use "make test" after
"make" and before "make install".

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4. HELP

To get help with the module, you can email the author, Ben Bullock, at
<bkb@cpan.org>. If you think there is a problem in the module, you can
report a bug at 

<https://github.com/benkasminbullock/Image-PNG-FileConvert/issues>,

or if you want to alter the source code of Image::PNG::FileConvert, try the
public repository on github at 

<https://github.com/benkasminbullock/Image-PNG-FileConvert>. 

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This README was written on Thu Jan  5 10:43:47 2017.

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