#8 PNGCrush does not terminate

[Anonymous]

On Windows/XP, pngcrush 1.5.8 never returns control to the DOS
command line. It performs its functions correctly (compressing
the PNG files) and then just hangs. This happens with all the
combinations of parameters that I have tried (and I have not tried
very many):

• Given no parameters: outputs descriptive
  information and then hangs.

• Given -d directory *.png:
  converts files correctly, then hangs.

I have to close the DOS
window (causes warning messages about lost data, that I ignore) to
get out of it.

Otherwise, this looks like a great program!! I am
planning to use this to store archival copies of photo scans with
maximum lossless compression.

• Michael Bate

[Glenn Randers-Pehrson]

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Have you tried the "-exit" option?

Glenn

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I tried the -exit parameter (pngcrush -exit) and it had no effect. Control
did not return to DOS command line.

BTW, I am confused about what the
difference is between DOS and DOS-MMX versions. I downloaded both and
both behave the same.

Also, the "-exit" option is not documented
either in the README or the built-in help.

[Glenn Randers-Pehrson]

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DOS-MMX is compiled for Pentium CPU with MMX technology
and runs significantly faster than the regular DOS version.

I've uploaded a -MSVC (MSVC++6.0) compiled version which
you can try. It'll appear in the pngcrush-executables
package shortly.

"-exit" doesn't seem to be useful enough to be documented.
It's just something to try when things don't work. It did
help on some platform but I don't remember which now.

Glenn

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Thanks for the quick response. It's nice to see!

The MSVC version
fixes the problem with not returning control to the command
line.

HOWEVER, now it cannot process wildcards,
i.e.:

pngcrush -d newdirectory *.png

to convert all png files
and store in the new directory. It simply responds: "Could not find file:
*.png". Previous versions handled this OK.

I think there is some
simple switch that you have to tweak to get it to handle this correctly
(expand the command line) - I don't use MSVC unless forced to.

BTW, I am
running with a Pentium IV and probably would want the MMX optimizations -
or is that a special model of Pentium?

• Michael Bate