MODULE NAME : write_ras_image

OUTPUTS	    : image  2D 4-vector byte

PARAMETERS  : filename

MODULE DESCRIPTION :
     This module writes an image in the ras format from an AVS Network.

FILE TYPE DESCRIPTION :
     ras image files are used by various  Sun  Microsystems  Inc.
     tools, such as screendump(1) and screenload(1).  See the Sun
     documentation set for details on how to use these tools.

FILE RECOGNITION
     Sun ras  files  are  recognized  by  any  of  the  following
     filename suffixes: .ras, .scr, .sr, and .sun.

NOTE :
   This module requires that libim.a and libsdsc.a be installed in
   the /usr/lib directory for compilation with the given Makefiles.
   Both of these libraries can be obtained through anonymous ftp to
   sdsc.edu.  For more information, send email to info@sdsc.edu.

CREDITS
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MODULE AUTHOR:  Terry Myerson
  	       	International AVS Center
		North Carolina Supercomputing Center
		avs@ncsc.org

This module is entirely based upon the San Diego Supercomputing Center's
Image Tool library.