TIFFOpen(3T)															      TIFFOpen(3T)

NAME

       TIFFOpen, TIFFFdOpen, TIFFClientOpen - open a TIFF file for reading or writing

SYNOPSIS

       #include <tiffio.h>
       TIFF* TIFFOpen(const char* filename, const char* mode)
       TIFF* TIFFFdOpen(const int fd, const char* filename, const char* mode)
       typedef tsize_t (*TIFFReadWriteProc)(thandle_t, tdata_t, tsize_t);
       typedef toff_t (*TIFFSeekProc)(thandle_t, toff_t, int);
       typedef int (*TIFFCloseProc)(thandle_t);
       typedef toff_t (*TIFFSizeProc)(thandle_t);
       typedef int (*TIFFMapFileProc)(thandle_t, tdata_t*, toff_t*);
       typedef void (*TIFFUnmapFileProc)(thandle_t, tdata_t, toff_t);
       TIFF* TIFFClientOpen(const char* filename, const char* mode, thandle_t clientdata,
	   TIFFReadWriteProc readproc, TIFFReadWriteProc writeproc, TIFFSeekProc seekproc,
	   TIFFCloseProc closeproc, TIFFSizeProc sizeproc, TIFFMapFileProc mapproc,
	   TIFFUnmapFileProc unmapproc)

DESCRIPTION

       TIFFOpen  opens a TIFF file whose name is filename and returns a handle to be used in subsequent calls to routines in libtiff.  If the open
       operation fails, then zero is returned.	The mode parameter specifies if the file is to be opened for reading (``r''), writing (``w''),	or
       appending (``a'') and, optionally, whether to override certain default aspects of library operation (see below).  When a file is opened for
       appending, existing data will not be touched; instead new data will be written as additional subfiles.  If an existing file is  opened  for
       writing, all previous data is overwritten.

       If  a  file  is	opened	for reading, the first TIFF directory in the file is automatically read (also see TIFFSetDirectory(3T) for reading
       directories other than the first).  If a file is opened for writing or appending, a default directory is automatically created for  writing
       subsequent  data.   This  directory  has  all the default values specified in TIFF Revision 6.0: BitsPerSample=1, ThreshHolding=bilevel art
       scan, FillOrder=1 (most significant bit of each data byte is filled first), Orientation=1 (the 0th row represents the  visual  top  of  the
       image,  and  the 0th column represents the visual left hand side), SamplesPerPixel=1, RowsPerStrip=infinity, ResolutionUnit=2 (inches), and
       Compression=1 (no compression).	To alter these values, or to define values for additional fields, TIFFSetField(3T) must be used.

       TIFFFdOpen is like TIFFOpen except that it opens a TIFF file given an open file descriptor fd.  The file's name and mode must reflect  that
       of the open descriptor.	The object associated with the file descriptor must support random access.

       TIFFClientOpen  is  like  TIFFOpen  except that the caller supplies a collection of functions that the library will use to do UNIX-like I/O
       operations.  The readproc and writeproc are called to read and write data at the current file position.	seekproc is called to  change  the
       current	file  position a la lseek(2).  closeproc is invoked to release any resources associated with an open file.  sizeproc is invoked to
       obtain the size in bytes of a file.  mapproc and unmapproc are called to map and unmap a file's contents in memory; c.f.  mmap(2) and  mun-
       map(2).	The clientdata parameter is an opaque ``handle'' passed to the client-specified routines passed as parameters to TIFFClientOpen.

OPTIONS

       The  open  mode parameter can include the following flags in addition to the ``r'', ``w'', and ``a'' flags.  Note however that option flags
       must follow the read-write-append specification.

       l      When creating a new file force information be written with Little-Endian byte order (but see below).  By default	the  library  will
	      create new files using the native CPU byte order.

       b      When  creating a new file force information be written with Big-Endian byte order (but see below).  By default the library will cre-
	      ate new files using the native CPU byte order.

       L      Force image data that is read or written to be treated with bits filled from Least Significant Bit (LSB)	to  Most  Significant  Bit
	      (MSB).  Note that this is the opposite to the way the library has worked from its inception.

       B      Force  image  data  that	is read or written to be treated with bits filled from Most Significant Bit (MSB) to Least Significant Bit
	      (LSB); this is the default.

       H      Force image data that is read or written to be treated with bits filled in the same order as the native CPU.

       M      Enable the use of memory-mapped files for images opened read-only.  If the underlying system does not support memory-mapped files or
	      if  the  specific image being opened cannot be memory-mapped then the library will fallback to using the normal system interface for
	      reading information.  By default the library will attempt to use memory-mapped files.

       m      Disable the use of memory-mapped files.

       C      Enable the use of ``strip chopping'' when reading images that are comprised of a single strip or tile of uncompressed  data.   Strip
	      chopping is a mechanism by which the library will automatically convert the single-strip image to multiple strips, each of which has
	      about 8 Kilobytes of data.  This facility can be useful in reducing the amount of memory used to read an image because  the  library
	      normally	reads  each  strip  in its entirety.  Strip chopping does however alter the apparent contents of the image because when an
	      image is divided into multiple strips it looks as though the underlying file contains multiple separate strips.  Finally, note  that
	      default  handling  of strip chopping is a compile-time configuration parameter.  The default behaviour, for backwards compatibility,
	      is to enable strip chopping.

       c      Disable the use of strip chopping when reading images.

BYTE ORDER

       The TIFF specification (all versions) states that compliant readers must be capable of reading images written in either byte order.   None-
       theless	some software that claims to support the reading of TIFF images is incapable of reading images in anything but the native CPU byte
       order on which the software was written.  (Especially notorious are applications written to run on Intel-based machines.)  By  default  the
       library	will create new files with the native byte-order of the CPU on which the application is run.  This ensures optimal performance and
       is portable to any application that conforms to the TIFF specification.	To force the library to use a specific byte-order when creating  a
       new file the ``b'' and ``l'' option flags may be included in the call to open a file; for example, ``wb'' or ``wl''.

RETURN VALUES

       Upon successful completion TIFFOpen, TIFFFdOpen, and TIFFClientOpen return a TIFF pointer.  Otherwise, NULL is returned.

DIAGNOSTICS

       All error messages are directed to the TIFFError(3T) routine.  Likewise, warning messages are directed to the TIFFWarning(3T) routine.

       "%s": Bad mode.	The specified mode parameter was not one of ``r'' (read), ``w'' (write), or ``a'' (append).

       %s: Cannot open.  TIFFOpen() was unable to open the specified filename for read/writing.

       Cannot read TIFF header.  An error occurred while attempting to read the header information.

       Error writing TIFF header.  An error occurred while writing the default header information for a new file.

       Not a TIFF file, bad magic number %d (0x%x).  The magic number in the header was not (hex) 0x4d4d or (hex) 0x4949.

       Not a TIFF file, bad version number %d (0x%x).  The version field in the header was not 42 (decimal).

       Cannot  append  to  file  that has opposite byte ordering.  A file with a byte ordering opposite to the native byte ordering of the current
       machine was opened for appending (``a'').  This is a limitation of the library.

SEE ALSO

       libtiff(3T), TIFFClose(3T)

								  January 9, 1996						      TIFFOpen(3T)