-.\" $Id: TIFFWriteDirectory.3tiff,v 1.2 2005/11/02 11:07:18 dron Exp $
+.\" $Id: TIFFWriteDirectory.3tiff,v 1.3 2010-12-12 01:45:35 faxguy Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1988-1997 Sam Leffler
.\" Copyright (c) 1991-1997 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
but instead of place it at it's old location (as
.IR TIFFWriteDirectory
would) it will place them at the end of the file, correcting the pointer from
-the preceeding directory or file header to point to it's new location. This
+the preceding directory or file header to point to it's new location. This
is particularly important in cases where the size of the directory and
pointed to data has grown, so it won't fit in the space available at the
old location.