GIFTool , a tool for GIF89a trasnparent option and interlace mode. Usage: giftool [options] [file] giftool (-p|-c|-B) [options] [files...] -B Batch Mode, read and write the same filename -i Set GIF Interlace mode ON +i Set GIF Interlace mode OFF -p Print information about file(s) -c Print comment information +c Add comments to file(s) -C Strip comment from file(s) -o file Send output to 'file' -rgb name Use 'name' as the transparent pixel -rgb ##,##,## Use rgb-value as the transparent pixel -### Used pixel index as transparent (1 == first colormap entry) For instance you could say 'giftool -B -i *.gif' to convert all your images to interlaced GIF files in one easy step. giftool version 1.0 is Copyright 1994 Home Pages, Inc and is shareware. Please, use the -info option to read the licensing information. PORT BUILD OPTION ================= There are two useful options are suggested and available for this port of giftool. You can specify it following "make clean". make RETVALUE=yes ----------- Giftool does not return value from main(), so it is impossible to use this tools in programs like make(1) or pipes. This option is suggested by Sergei Chechetkin . make MALLOCSIZE=yes --------------- Giftool 1.0 or some earlier version cause segmentation fault about some images. Something about pre-read seems to be bad, so make malloc size bigger to improve that. This option is suggested by Hidetoshi Shimokawa . You can specify all options such as 'make RETVALUE=yes MALLOCSIZE=yes'.