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  26 .TH TIFFFlush 3TIFF "December 16, 1991" "libtiff"
  27 .SH NAME
  28 TIFFFlush, TIFFFlushData \- flush pending writes to an open
  29 .SM TIFF
  30 file
  31 .SH SYNOPSIS
  32 .B "#include <tiffio.h>"
  33 .sp
  34 .BI "int TIFFFlush(TIFF *" tif ")"
  35 .br
  36 .BI "int TIFFFlushData(TIFF *" tif ")"
  37 .SH DESCRIPTION
  38 .IR TIFFFlush
  39 causes any pending writes for the specified file (including writes for the
  40 current directory) to be done. In normal operation this call is never needed \-
  41 the library automatically does any flushing required.
  42 .PP
  43 .IR TIFFFlushData
  44 flushes any pending image data for the specified file to be written out;
  45 directory-related data are not flushed. In normal operation this call is never
  46 needed \- the library automatically does any flushing required.
  47 .SH "RETURN VALUES"
  48 0 is returned if an error is encountered, otherwise 1 is returned.
  49 .SH DIAGNOSTICS
  50 All error messages are directed to the
  51 .BR TIFFError (3TIFF)
  52 routine.
  53 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  54 .BR TIFFOpen (3TIFF),
  55 .BR TIFFWriteEncodedStrip (3TIFF),
  56 .BR TIFFWriteEncodedTile (3TIFF),
  57 .BR TIFFWriteRawStrip (3TIFF),
  58 .BR TIFFWriteRawTile (3TIFF),
  59 .BR TIFFWriteScanline (3TIFF),
  60 .BR TIFFWriteTile (3TIFF)
  61 .BR libtiff (3TIFF),
  62 .PP
  63 Libtiff library home page:
  64 .BR http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/