Potrace is a tool for tracing a bitmap, which means, transforming a
bitmap into a smooth, scalable image.  The input is a bitmap (PBM,
PGM, PPM, or BMP), and the output is one of several vector file
formats.  A typical use is to create SVG or PDF files from scanned
data, such as company or university logos, handwritten notes, etc.
The resulting image is not "jaggy" like a bitmap, but smooth. It can
then be rendered at any resolution.

Potrace can currently produce the following output formats: SVG, PDF,
EPS, PostScript, DXF, GeoJSON, PGM (for easy antialiasing of
pixel-based images), Gimppath, and XFig. Additional backends might be
added in the future.

A separate program, mkbitmap, is also provided. This program can act
as a pre-processor for Potrace, applying scaling and various filters
to an image before converting it to a bitmap. This is useful for
potracing greyscale and color images.

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[generic]                  223     324  68.8% -lh5- fe33 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/AUTHORS
[generic]                25661   51604  49.7% -lh5- 0230 Nov 13 02:24 potrace-1.16/bin/mkbitmap
[generic]                98728  185748  53.2% -lh5- c46a Nov 13 02:22 potrace-1.16/bin/potrace
[generic]                 7979   21472  37.2% -lh5- 9700 Sep 17 04:08 potrace-1.16/ChangeLog
[generic]                 1571    4846  32.4% -lh5- 880c Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/check/backend-check.sh
[generic]                  711    1394  51.0% -lh5- e6f3 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/check/binary-check.sh
[generic]                  598    1228  48.7% -lh5- 00f9 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/check/checkbin.c
[generic]                 9587   45387  21.1% -lh5- fbd4 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1-out.pgm
[generic]                 2764    6366  43.4% -lh5- b20f Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.bmp1
[generic]                 2548   22970  11.1% -lh5- a940 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.bmp4
[generic]                 3236    9154  35.4% -lh5- 5c71 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.bmp4r
[generic]                 2624   46782   5.6% -lh5- bc24 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.bmp8
[generic]                 4079    8114  50.3% -lh5- 40d3 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.bmp8r
[generic]                 3111  136378   2.3% -lh5- 0fe2 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.bmp24
[generic]                 3084  136402   2.3% -lh5- 99b7 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.bmp24td
[generic]                 3118  136462   2.3% -lh5- b7dc Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.bmp24v5
[generic]                 2879  181378   1.6% -lh5- 645c Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.bmp32
[generic]                 2892  181378   1.6% -lh5- c266 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.bmp32bf
[generic]                 2272    5956  38.1% -lh5- 7fd9 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.pbm
[generic]                 5164   22916  22.5% -lh5- d34d Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.pbm.gs
[generic]                 3015   46109   6.5% -lh5- 4401 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.pbm.plain
[generic]                 5790   37552  15.4% -lh5- a42f Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.pbm.rot
[generic]                 2569   45620   5.6% -lh5- bc40 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.pgm
[generic]                 9938   45389  21.9% -lh5- 5c5d Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.pgm.inv
[generic]                 4342  161403   2.7% -lh5- efb0 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.pgm.plain
[generic]                10292   75054  13.7% -lh5- 3daf Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.pgm.rot
[generic]                 2920  136178   2.1% -lh5- cd25 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.ppm
[generic]                 5836  521806   1.1% -lh5- 4186 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data1.ppm.plain
[generic]                  898    2059  43.6% -lh5- 8cb6 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data2-out1.pbm
[generic]                  907    2059  44.1% -lh5- 2a71 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data2-out2.pbm
[generic]                 2713   16522  16.4% -lh5- 851c Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/check/data/data2.bmp32bf
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[generic]                  524    1086  48.3% -lh5- a9e3 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/check/Makefile.am
[generic]                10834   35281  30.7% -lh5- 39dc Sep 17 04:12 potrace-1.16/check/Makefile.in
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[generic]                  777    1559  49.8% -lh5- cc59 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/check/mkbitmap-check.sh
[generic]                  715    1401  51.0% -lh5- ca4e Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/check/mkbitmap-input-check.sh
[generic]                  966    2312  41.8% -lh5- 27c7 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/check/pdf-check.sh
[generic]                  887    2246  39.5% -lh5- 07fa Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/check/pgmdiff.c
[generic]                  960    2275  42.2% -lh5- 3f96 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/check/postscript-check.sh
[generic]                  842    1917  43.9% -lh5- 2116 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/check/potrace-check.sh
[generic]                 3078    7383  41.7% -lh5- 81aa Sep 17 04:12 potrace-1.16/compile
[generic]                13912   44283  31.4% -lh5- c586 Sep 17 04:12 potrace-1.16/config.guess
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[generic]               114254  450768  25.3% -lh5- 98e6 Sep 17 04:14 potrace-1.16/configure
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[generic]                 7021   18005  39.0% -lh5- 1dae Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/COPYING
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[generic]                  387     668  57.9% -lh5- 7ddf Sep 17 03:56 potrace-1.16/doc/dictionary.txt
[generic]                  346     904  38.3% -lh5- dec5 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/doc/Makefile.am
[generic]                 5590   17671  31.6% -lh5- 31f6 Sep 17 04:12 potrace-1.16/doc/Makefile.in
[generic]                 3270    8005  40.8% -lh5- 90b3 Sep 17 03:57 potrace-1.16/doc/mkbitmap.1.in
[generic]                10374   10374 100.0% -lh0- 634b Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/doc/placement.pdf
[generic]                 8052   21986  36.6% -lh5- 5141 Sep 17 03:57 potrace-1.16/doc/potrace.1.in
[generic]                11811   28949  40.8% -lh5- 3d00 Dec 30  2013 potrace-1.16/doc/potracelib-fig1a.eps
[generic]                12007   29631  40.5% -lh5- 2195 Dec 30  2013 potrace-1.16/doc/potracelib-fig1b.eps
[generic]                 2454   13263  18.5% -lh5- 6f3c Dec 30  2013 potrace-1.16/doc/potracelib-fig2.eps
[generic]                 2311   11320  20.4% -lh5- 2bbf Dec 30  2013 potrace-1.16/doc/potracelib-fig3.eps
[generic]                 1712    4873  35.1% -lh5- ec2d Dec 30  2013 potrace-1.16/doc/potracelib-fig4a.eps
[generic]                 1096    3490  31.4% -lh5- 7ddd Dec 30  2013 potrace-1.16/doc/potracelib-fig4b.eps
[generic]                 2812    8663  32.5% -lh5- 307b Dec 30  2013 potrace-1.16/doc/potracelib-fig5.eps
[generic]                 1295    5496  23.6% -lh5- 55cf Dec 30  2013 potrace-1.16/doc/potracelib-fig6a.eps
[generic]                 1239    5059  24.5% -lh5- 6537 Dec 30  2013 potrace-1.16/doc/potracelib-fig6b.eps
[generic]                  812     989  82.1% -lh5- eca6 Dec 30  2013 potrace-1.16/doc/potracelib-fig7-00.eps
[generic]                  820    1000  82.0% -lh5- 1455 Dec 30  2013 potrace-1.16/doc/potracelib-fig7-06.eps
[generic]                  804     978  82.2% -lh5- 1a75 Dec 30  2013 potrace-1.16/doc/potracelib-fig7-10.eps
[generic]                  809     985  82.1% -lh5- b61a Dec 30  2013 potrace-1.16/doc/potracelib-fig7-12.eps
[generic]                  813     989  82.2% -lh5- 5428 Dec 30  2013 potrace-1.16/doc/potracelib-fig7-13.eps
[generic]                  392    1873  20.9% -lh5- 718d Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/doc/potracelib-fig8.eps
[generic]                 9873   29152  33.9% -lh5- e302 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/doc/potracelib.tex
[generic]                 5948   15756  37.8% -lh5- a599 Sep 17 04:12 potrace-1.16/INSTALL
[generic]                 5560   15368  36.2% -lh5- b684 Sep 17 04:12 potrace-1.16/install-sh
[generic]                94224  327116  28.8% -lh5- d1b0 Sep 17 04:12 potrace-1.16/ltmain.sh
[generic]                81069  306678  26.4% -lh5- d75b Sep 17 04:12 potrace-1.16/m4/libtool.m4
[generic]                 3723   14514  25.7% -lh5- de07 Sep 17 04:12 potrace-1.16/m4/ltoptions.m4
[generic]                 1646    4384  37.5% -lh5- 0671 Sep 17 04:12 potrace-1.16/m4/ltsugar.m4
[generic]                  409     699  58.5% -lh5- 9620 Sep 17 04:12 potrace-1.16/m4/ltversion.m4
[generic]                 1742    6140  28.4% -lh5- 4d36 Sep 17 04:12 potrace-1.16/m4/lt~obsolete.m4
[generic]                  245     320  76.6% -lh5- cdb7 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/Makefile.am
[generic]                 8032   25766  31.2% -lh5- 7026 Sep 17 04:12 potrace-1.16/Makefile.in
[generic]                 2630    6878  38.2% -lh5- cb80 Sep 17 04:12 potrace-1.16/missing
[generic]                 1470    3539  41.5% -lh5- 3245 Sep 17 04:12 potrace-1.16/mkinstalldirs
[generic]                 3026    7311  41.4% -lh5- e14a Sep 17 04:08 potrace-1.16/NEWS
[generic]                 4005    9607  41.7% -lh5- 2b76 Sep 17 04:05 potrace-1.16/README
[generic]                  832    1564  53.2% -lh5- c1ff Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/README-WIN
[generic]                  961    2146  44.8% -lh5- bb00 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/auxiliary.h
[generic]                 2295    6826  33.6% -lh5- 45e1 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/backend_dxf.c
[generic]                  258     377  68.4% -lh5- f1e2 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/backend_dxf.h
[generic]                 5511   20872  26.4% -lh5- 8c6a Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/backend_eps.c
[generic]                  277     496  55.8% -lh5- b20a Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/backend_eps.h
[generic]                 1823    5320  34.3% -lh5- 9a28 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/backend_geojson.c
[generic]                  260     381  68.2% -lh5- 5d2e Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/backend_geojson.h
[generic]                 3130    9684  32.3% -lh5- c5a5 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/backend_pdf.c
[generic]                  285     572  49.8% -lh5- ce6b Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/backend_pdf.h
[generic]                 1134    2577  44.0% -lh5- 0bd1 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/backend_pgm.c
[generic]                  267     396  67.4% -lh5- 1513 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/backend_pgm.h
[generic]                 2555    8788  29.1% -lh5- 1483 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/backend_svg.c
[generic]                  267     447  59.7% -lh5- 413b Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/backend_svg.h
[generic]                 2281    6414  35.6% -lh5- 9159 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/backend_xfig.c
[generic]                  261     381  68.5% -lh5- 58c2 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/backend_xfig.h
[generic]                 1564    4322  36.2% -lh5- 3415 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/bbox.c
[generic]                  294     454  64.8% -lh5- 68e2 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/bbox.h
[generic]                 2110    6450  32.7% -lh5- 48ef Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/bitmap.h
[generic]                 5579   20670  27.0% -lh5- 407a Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/bitmap_io.c
[generic]                  381     631  60.4% -lh5- 2ee4 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/bitmap_io.h
[generic]                  671    1767  38.0% -lh5- cfc6 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/bitops.h
[generic]                  943    2693  35.0% -lh5- 37a4 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/curve.c
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[generic]                 9304   29575  31.5% -lh5- c77b Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/src/getopt.c
[generic]                 1487    3774  39.4% -lh5- 1874 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/src/getopt1.c
[generic]                 7087   25114  28.2% -lh5- 7654 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/greymap.c
[generic]                 1129    2740  41.2% -lh5- fe95 Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/greymap.h
[generic]                 2533    6398  39.6% -lh5- 9ed9 Mar  2  2018 potrace-1.16/src/include/getopt/getopt.h
[generic]                   53      90  58.9% -lh5- d9f9 Dec 30  2013 potrace-1.16/src/libpotrace-export.sym
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[generic]                 3609   11022  32.7% -lh5- c3cd Sep 17 03:46 potrace-1.16/src/lzw.c
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[generic]                 8481   31623  26.8% -lh5- 7386 Sep 17 04:12 potrace-1.16/src/Makefile.in
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