xcam(1)xcam(1)NAMExcam - a graphical camera frontend for SANE
SYNOPSISxcam [--buffer|-B] [--version|-V] [--help|-h]
DESCRIPTIONxcam provides a graphical user-interface to control an image acquisi‐
tion device such as a flatbed scanner or a camera. It allows scanning
invidual images and can be invoked directly from the command-line.
xcam acts as a stand-alone program that saves acquired images in a
suitable PNM format (PBM for black-and-white images, PGM for grayscale
images, and PPM for color images).
xcam accesses image acquisition devices through the SANE (Scanner
Access Now Easy) interface. The list of available devices depends on
installed hardware and configuration.
xcam presents a menu listing of all known and available devices.
OPTIONS
If the --Buffer (-B) option is given, xcam will use a 1024 kByte input
buffer instead of the default 32 kByte.
If the --version (-V) option is given, xcam will output its version
number.
The --help (-h) xcam flag prints a short summary of options.
SANE_DEBUG_XCAM
This environment variable controls the debug level xscanimage.
Higher debug levels increase the verbosity of the output.
Value Descsription
0 print fatal errors
1 print errors
2 print warnings
3 print information messages
4 print everything
Example:
SANE_DEBUG_XCAM=3
FILES
$HOME/.sane/xcam/devicename.rc
For each device, there is one rc-file that holds the saved set‐
tings for that particular device. Normally, this file should
not be manipulated directly. Instead, the user should use the
xcam interface to select appropriate values and then save the
device settings using the "Preferences->Save as default set‐
tings" menubar entry.
SEE ALSOsane(7), xscanimage(1), scanimage(1), sane-dll(5) and the backend man‐
pages
AUTHOR
David Mosberger-Tang
Gerard Klaver (2005 update)
11 April 2005 xcam(1)
