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# 7.4 Image Files

CLX provides functions that allow images to be written to a file in a standard X format. The following paragraphs describe the CLX functions used to:

- Read an image from a file.
- Write an image to a file.

read-bitmap-file | pathname | Function

| pathname An image file pathname. Reads an image file in standard X format and returns an image object. The returned image can have depth greater than one. image Type image.

write-bitmap-file | pathname image &optional name | Function

| pathname An image file pathname. image An image object. name A stringable image name. Writes the image to an image file in standard X format. The image can have depth greater than one. The name is an image identifier written to the file; the default name is (or (image-name image) 'image).

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