exif(n) 							   EXIF parsing 							   exif(n)

NAME

       exif - Tcl EXIF extracts and parses EXIF fields from digital images

SYNOPSIS

       package require Tcl 8.2

       package require exif ?1.0?

       exif::analyze channel

       exif::fieldnames

DESCRIPTION

       The  EXIF package is a recoding of Chris Breeze's Perl package to do the same thing.  This version accepts a channel as input and returns a
       serialized array with all the recognised fields parsed out.

       There is also a function to obtain a list of all possible field names that might be present, which is useful in building GUIs that  present
       such information.

COMMANDS

       exif::analyze channel
	      channel  should  be  an open file handle rewound to the start.  It does not need to be seekable.	channel will be set to binary mode
	      and is left wherever it happens to stop being parsed, usually at the end of the file or the start of the image data.  You must  open
	      and  close  the  stream yourself.  If no error is thrown, the return value is a serialized array with informative English text about
	      what was found in the EXIF block.  Failure during parsing or I/O throw errors.

       exif::fieldnames
	      This returns a list of all possible field names.	That is, the array returned by exif::analyze will not contain keys  that  are  not
	      listed  in  the  return from exif::fieldnames.  Of course, if information is missing in the image file, exif::analyze may not return
	      all the fields listed in the return from exif::fieldnames.  This function is expected to be primarily useful for	building  GUIs	to
	      display results.

	      N.B.: Read the implementation of exif::fieldnames before modifying the implementation of exif::analyze.

COPYRIGHTS

       (c) 2002 Darren New Hold harmless the author, and any lawful use is allowed.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       This code is a direct translation of version 1.3 of exif.pl by Chris Breeze.  See the source for full headers, references, etc.

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