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+++ b/imagej2_create_image.py	Fri Jul 22 23:26:55 2016 -0400
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import argparse
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+import imagej2_base_utils
+
+if __name__=="__main__":
+    # Parse Command Line.
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument( '--width', dest='width', type=int, help='Image width in pixels' )
+    parser.add_argument( '--height', dest='height', type=int, help='Image height in pixels' )
+    parser.add_argument( '--depth', dest='depth', type=int, help='Image depth (specifies the number of stack slices)' )
+    parser.add_argument( '--image_type', dest='image_type', help='Image type' )
+    parser.add_argument( '--image_title', dest='image_title', default='', help='Image title' )
+    parser.add_argument( '--output_datatype', dest='output_datatype', help='Output image format' )
+    parser.add_argument( '--jython_script', dest='jython_script', help='Path to the Jython script' )
+    parser.add_argument( '--out_fname', help='Path to the output file' )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    tmp_dir = imagej2_base_utils.get_temp_dir()
+    tmp_image_path = imagej2_base_utils.get_temporary_image_path( tmp_dir, args.output_datatype )
+
+    # Define command response buffers.
+    tmp_out = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile().name
+    tmp_stdout = open( tmp_out, 'wb' )
+    tmp_err = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile().name
+    tmp_stderr = open( tmp_err, 'wb' )
+    # Build the command line.
+    cmd = imagej2_base_utils.get_base_command_imagej2( None, jython_script=args.jython_script )
+    if cmd is None:
+        imagej2_base_utils.stop_err( "ImageJ not found!" )
+    cmd += ' %s %d %d %d %s %s' % ( args.image_title, args.width, args.height, args.depth, args.image_type, tmp_image_path )
+    proc = subprocess.Popen( args=cmd, stderr=tmp_stderr, stdout=tmp_stdout, shell=True )
+    rc = proc.wait()
+    if rc != 0:
+        error_message = imagej2_base_utils.get_stderr_exception( tmp_err, tmp_stderr, tmp_out, tmp_stdout )
+        imagej2_base_utils.stop_err( error_message )
+    shutil.move( tmp_image_path, args.out_fname )
+    imagej2_base_utils.cleanup_before_exit( tmp_dir )