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1 | .\" $Id: TIFFOpen.3tiff,v 1.2 2005/07/01 12:36:22 dron Exp $ |
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25 | .if n .po 0 | |
26 | .TH TIFFOpen 3TIFF "July 1, 2005" "libtiff" | |
27 | .SH NAME | |
28 | TIFFOpen, TIFFFdOpen, TIFFClientOpen \- open a | |
29 | .SM TIFF | |
30 | file for reading or writing | |
31 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
32 | .B "#include <tiffio.h>" | |
33 | .sp | |
34 | .BI "TIFF* TIFFOpen(const char *" filename ", const char *" mode ")" | |
35 | .br | |
36 | .BI "TIFF* TIFFFdOpen(const int " fd ", const char *" filename ", const char *" mode ")" | |
37 | .sp | |
38 | .B "typedef tsize_t (*TIFFReadWriteProc)(thandle_t, tdata_t, tsize_t);" | |
39 | .br | |
40 | .B "typedef toff_t (*TIFFSeekProc)(thandle_t, toff_t, int);" | |
41 | .br | |
42 | .B "typedef int (*TIFFCloseProc)(thandle_t);" | |
43 | .br | |
44 | .B "typedef toff_t (*TIFFSizeProc)(thandle_t);" | |
45 | .br | |
46 | .B "typedef int (*TIFFMapFileProc)(thandle_t, tdata_t*, toff_t*);" | |
47 | .br | |
48 | .B "typedef void (*TIFFUnmapFileProc)(thandle_t, tdata_t, toff_t);" | |
49 | .sp | |
50 | .BI "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 ")" | |
51 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
52 | .IR TIFFOpen | |
53 | opens a | |
54 | .SM TIFF | |
55 | file whose name is | |
56 | .I filename | |
57 | and returns a handle to be used in subsequent calls to routines in | |
58 | .IR libtiff . | |
59 | If the open operation fails, then zero is returned. | |
60 | The | |
61 | .I mode | |
62 | parameter specifies if the file is to be opened for reading (``r''), | |
63 | writing (``w''), or appending (``a'') and, optionally, whether | |
64 | to override certain default aspects of library operation (see below). | |
65 | When a file is opened for appending, existing data will not | |
66 | be touched; instead new data will be written as additional subfiles. | |
67 | If an existing file is opened for writing, all previous data is | |
68 | overwritten. | |
69 | .PP | |
70 | If a file is opened for reading, the first | |
71 | .SM TIFF | |
72 | directory in the file is automatically read | |
73 | (also see | |
74 | .IR TIFFSetDirectory (3TIFF) | |
75 | for reading directories other than the first). | |
76 | If a file is opened for writing or appending, a default directory | |
77 | is automatically created for writing subsequent data. | |
78 | This directory has all the default values specified in | |
79 | .SM TIFF | |
80 | Revision 6.0: | |
81 | .IR BitsPerSample =1, | |
82 | .IR ThreshHolding "=bilevel art scan," | |
83 | .IR FillOrder =1 | |
84 | (most significant bit of each data byte is filled first), | |
85 | .IR Orientation =1 | |
86 | (the 0th row represents the visual top of the image, and the 0th | |
87 | column represents the visual left hand side), | |
88 | .IR SamplesPerPixel =1, | |
89 | .IR RowsPerStrip =infinity, | |
90 | .IR ResolutionUnit =2 | |
91 | (inches), and | |
92 | .IR Compression =1 | |
93 | (no compression). | |
94 | To alter these values, or to define values for additional fields, | |
95 | .IR TIFFSetField (3TIFF) | |
96 | must be used. | |
97 | .PP | |
98 | .IR TIFFFdOpen | |
99 | is like | |
100 | .IR TIFFOpen | |
101 | except that it opens a | |
102 | .SM TIFF | |
103 | file given an open file descriptor | |
104 | .IR fd . | |
105 | The file's name and mode must reflect that of the open descriptor. | |
106 | The object associated with the file descriptor | |
107 | .BR "must support random access" . | |
108 | .PP | |
109 | .IR TIFFClientOpen | |
110 | is like | |
111 | .IR TIFFOpen | |
112 | except that the caller supplies a collection of functions that the | |
113 | library will use to do \s-1UNIX\s+1-like I/O operations. | |
114 | The | |
115 | .I readproc | |
116 | and | |
117 | .I writeproc | |
118 | are called to read and write data at the current file position. | |
119 | .I seekproc | |
120 | is called to change the current file position a la | |
121 | .IR lseek (2). | |
122 | .I closeproc | |
123 | is invoked to release any resources associated with an open file. | |
124 | .I sizeproc | |
125 | is invoked to obtain the size in bytes of a file. | |
126 | .I mapproc | |
127 | and | |
128 | .I unmapproc | |
129 | are called to map and unmap a file's contents in memory; c.f. | |
130 | .IR mmap (2) | |
131 | and | |
132 | .IR munmap (2). | |
133 | The | |
134 | .I clientdata | |
135 | parameter is an opaque ``handle'' passed to the client-specified | |
136 | routines passed as parameters to | |
137 | .IR TIFFClientOpen . | |
138 | .SH OPTIONS | |
139 | The open mode parameter can include the following flags in | |
140 | addition to the ``r'', ``w'', and ``a'' flags. | |
141 | Note however that option flags must follow the read-write-append | |
142 | specification. | |
143 | .TP | |
144 | .B l | |
145 | When creating a new file force information be written with | |
146 | Little-Endian byte order (but see below). | |
147 | By default the library will create new files using the native | |
148 | .SM CPU | |
149 | byte order. | |
150 | .TP | |
151 | .B b | |
152 | When creating a new file force information be written with | |
153 | Big-Endian byte order (but see below). | |
154 | By default the library will create new files using the native | |
155 | .SM CPU | |
156 | byte order. | |
157 | .TP | |
158 | .B L | |
159 | Force image data that is read or written to be treated with | |
160 | bits filled from Least Significant Bit (\s-1LSB\s+1) to | |
161 | Most Significant Bit (\s-1MSB\s+1). | |
162 | Note that this is the opposite to the way the library has | |
163 | worked from its inception. | |
164 | .TP | |
165 | .B B | |
166 | Force image data that is read or written to be treated with | |
167 | bits filled from Most Significant Bit (\s-1MSB\s+1) to | |
168 | Least Significant Bit (\s-1LSB\s+1); this is the default. | |
169 | .TP | |
170 | .B H | |
171 | Force image data that is read or written to be treated with | |
172 | bits filled in the same order as the native | |
173 | .SM CPU. | |
174 | .TP | |
175 | .B M | |
176 | Enable the use of memory-mapped files for images opened read-only. | |
177 | If the underlying system does not support memory-mapped files | |
178 | or if the specific image being opened cannot be memory-mapped | |
179 | then the library will fallback to using the normal system interface | |
180 | for reading information. | |
181 | By default the library will attempt to use memory-mapped files. | |
182 | .TP | |
183 | .B m | |
184 | Disable the use of memory-mapped files. | |
185 | .TP | |
186 | .B C | |
187 | Enable the use of ``strip chopping'' when reading images | |
188 | that are comprised of a single strip or tile of uncompressed data. | |
189 | Strip chopping is a mechanism by which the library will automatically | |
190 | convert the single-strip image to multiple strips, | |
191 | each of which has about 8 Kilobytes of data. | |
192 | This facility can be useful in reducing the amount of memory used | |
193 | to read an image because the library normally reads each strip | |
194 | in its entirety. | |
195 | Strip chopping does however alter the apparent contents of the | |
196 | image because when an image is divided into multiple strips it | |
197 | looks as though the underlying file contains multiple separate | |
198 | strips. | |
199 | Finally, note that default handling of strip chopping is a compile-time | |
200 | configuration parameter. | |
201 | The default behaviour, for backwards compatibility, is to enable | |
202 | strip chopping. | |
203 | .TP | |
204 | .B c | |
205 | Disable the use of strip chopping when reading images. | |
206 | .TP | |
207 | .B h | |
208 | Read TIFF header only, do not load the first image directory. That could be | |
209 | useful in case of the broken first directory. We can open the file and proceed | |
210 | to the other directories. | |
211 | .SH "BYTE ORDER" | |
212 | The | |
213 | .SM TIFF | |
214 | specification (\fBall versions\fP) states that compliant readers | |
215 | .IR "must be capable of reading images written in either byte order" . | |
216 | Nonetheless some software that claims to support the reading of | |
217 | .SM TIFF | |
218 | images is incapable of reading images in anything but the native | |
219 | .SM CPU | |
220 | byte order on which the software was written. | |
221 | (Especially notorious | |
222 | are applications written to run on Intel-based machines.) | |
223 | By default the library will create new files with the native | |
224 | byte-order of the | |
225 | .SM CPU | |
226 | on which the application is run. | |
227 | This ensures optimal performance and is portable to any application | |
228 | that conforms to the TIFF specification. | |
229 | To force the library to use a specific byte-order when creating | |
230 | a new file the ``b'' and ``l'' option flags may be included in | |
231 | the call to open a file; for example, ``wb'' or ``wl''. | |
232 | .SH "RETURN VALUES" | |
233 | Upon successful completion | |
234 | .IR TIFFOpen , | |
235 | .IR TIFFFdOpen , | |
236 | and | |
237 | .IR TIFFClientOpen | |
238 | return a | |
239 | .SM TIFF | |
240 | pointer. | |
241 | Otherwise, NULL is returned. | |
242 | .SH DIAGNOSTICS | |
243 | All error messages are directed to the | |
244 | .IR TIFFError (3TIFF) | |
245 | routine. | |
246 | Likewise, warning messages are directed to the | |
247 | .IR TIFFWarning (3TIFF) | |
248 | routine. | |
249 | .PP | |
250 | \fB"%s": Bad mode\fP. | |
251 | The specified | |
252 | .I mode | |
253 | parameter was not one of ``r'' (read), ``w'' (write), or ``a'' (append). | |
254 | .PP | |
255 | .BR "%s: Cannot open" . | |
256 | .IR TIFFOpen () | |
257 | was unable to open the specified filename for read/writing. | |
258 | .PP | |
259 | .BR "Cannot read TIFF header" . | |
260 | An error occurred while attempting to read the header information. | |
261 | .PP | |
262 | .BR "Error writing TIFF header" . | |
263 | An error occurred while writing the default header information | |
264 | for a new file. | |
265 | .PP | |
266 | .BR "Not a TIFF file, bad magic number %d (0x%x)" . | |
267 | The magic number in the header was not (hex) | |
268 | 0x4d4d or (hex) 0x4949. | |
269 | .PP | |
270 | .BR "Not a TIFF file, bad version number %d (0x%x)" . | |
271 | The version field in the header was not 42 (decimal). | |
272 | .PP | |
273 | .BR "Cannot append to file that has opposite byte ordering" . | |
274 | A file with a byte ordering opposite to the native byte | |
275 | ordering of the current machine was opened for appending (``a''). | |
276 | This is a limitation of the library. | |
277 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
278 | .IR libtiff (3TIFF), | |
279 | .IR TIFFClose (3TIFF) |