dcmftest(1)                       OFFIS DCMTK                      dcmftest(1)



NAME
       dcmftest - Test if file uses DICOM part 10 format

SYNOPSIS
       dcmftest file...


DESCRIPTION
       The  dcmftest utility checks whether the files specified on the command
       line are DICOM files in part 10 format (with meta-header).

PARAMETERS
       dcmfile-in  DICOM input filename to be dumped


NOTES
       All files specified on the command line are checked for the presence of
       the  DICOM magic word DICM at byte position 128. No attempt is made
       to parse the complete data set.  For  each  file  the  test  result  is
       printed   to   stdout   in   the   form  yes:  <filename>\n  or  no:
       <filename>\n. The utility terminates with a return code  corresponding
       to the number of files found to be non-DICOM, i.e. if all files pass as
       DICOM files, the return value is 0. This behaviour is intended for  use
       in shell script programming.

SEE ALSO
       dcmgpdir(1), dcmmkdir(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (C)  1997-2010  by OFFIS e.V., Escherweg 2, 26121 Oldenburg,
       Germany.



Version 3.6.0                     6 Jan 2011                       dcmftest(1)
