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Old 11-25-2009
Need Help with Netpbm Commands

Hello,
for school i have to write a makefile in unix which have to do the following:
-convert all .jpeg files to .png files
-with "all" its ment all in the same folder of the make file
-iam not allowed to use the "convert" command
-no loops allowed like "for" or something (hope i named that right..)


iam still a newb at unix and iam allready freakin out Smilie

so far i know that i have to use jpegtopng command but i dont know how to do it that the names of the output files are exactly as the input names. and i also dont know how to do it for all files in the same directory/folder where the make file is...

i realy hope anyone of u can help me out with this :S

Greetings, Deadwalk

PS: Sorry for that horrible english but that all ive got Smilie
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Old 11-25-2009
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