a file containing an image of the pgm type from the pbmplus
image processing package is either converted to an S image object
(get.pgm.image()) or written to contain a copy of such an object
(put.pgm.image()).
These functions are primarily support and should not be needed in
typical use of the pbmplus interface.
REFERENCE:
John M. Chambers and Neil Crellin,
"Images in S"
AT&T Bell Laboratories Stat. Res. Report No. 100 (Dec. 1991)