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<refentry id="TIFFOpen-3tiff">

<refmeta><refentrytitle>TIFFOpen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3tiff</manvolnum>

<refmiscinfo class="date">05 Apr 2004</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man3;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>

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<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>

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<indexterm><primary>TIFFOpen</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>TIFFFdOpen

</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>TIFFClientOpen</primary></indexterm>

<indexterm><primary>open a TIFF file for reading or writing</primary></indexterm>

<refnamediv id="TIFFOpen-3tiff-name"><refname>TIFFOpen</refname><refname>TIFFFdOpen

</refname><refname>TIFFClientOpen</refname><refpurpose>open a TIFF file for

reading or writing</refpurpose></refnamediv>

<refsect1 id="TIFFOpen-3tiff-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>

<programlisting>#include &lt;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)</programlisting>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="TIFFOpen-3tiff-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>

<para><literal>TIFFOpen</literal> opens a TIFF file whose name is <replaceable>

filename</replaceable> and returns a handle to be used in subsequent calls

to routines in <literal>libtiff</literal>. If the open operation fails, then

zero is returned.</para>

<para>The <literal>mode</literal> parameter specifies whether the file is

to be opened for reading (&ldquo;<literal>r</literal>&rdquo;), writing (&ldquo;<literal>

w</literal>&rdquo;), or appending (&ldquo;<literal>a</literal>&rdquo;) and,

optionally, whether to override certain default aspects of library operation

(see below). When a file is opened for appending, existing data is not touched.

Instead, new data is written as additional subfiles. If an existing file is

opened for writing, all previous data is overwritten.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="TIFFOpen-3tiff-exde"><title>&exde-tt;</title>

<para>If a file is opened for reading, the first TIFF directory in the file

is automatically read. See also <literal>TIFFSetDirectory(3tiff)</literal> for

information on how to read 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 of the default values

specified in TIFF Revision 6.0:</para>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><literal>BitsPerSample=1</literal></para></listitem>

<listitem><para><literal>ThreshHolding=bilevel art scan</literal></para></listitem>

<listitem><para><literal>FillOrder=1</literal> (most significant bit of each

data byte is filled first)</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><literal>Orientation=1</literal> (the 0th row represents the

visual top of the image, and the 0th column represents the visual left-hand

side)</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><literal>SamplesPerPixel=1</literal></para></listitem>

<listitem><para><literal>RowsPerStrip=infinity</literal></para></listitem>

<listitem><para><literal>ResolutionUnit=2 (inches)</literal></para></listitem>

<listitem><para><literal>Compression=1 (no compression)</literal></para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<para>To alter these values, or to define values for additional fields, <literal>

TIFFSetField(3tiff)</literal> must be used.</para>

<para><literal>TIFFFdOpen</literal> is like <literal>TIFFOpen</literal> except

that <literal>TIFFFdOpen</literal> opens a TIFF file given an open file descriptor <literal>

fd</literal>. The file name and mode must reflect that of the open descriptor.

The object associated with the file descriptor must support random access.

</para>

<para><literal>TIFFClientOpen</literal> is like <literal>TIFFOpen</literal>

except that the caller supplies a collection of functions that the library

uses to perform UNIX-like I/O operations:</para>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><literal>readproc</literal> and <literal>writeproc</literal>

are called to read and write data at the current file position.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><literal>seekproc</literal> is called to change the current

file position. See also <literal>lseek(2)</literal>.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><literal>closeproc</literal> is invoked to release any resources

associated with an open file.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><literal>sizeproc</literal> is invoked to obtain the size

in bytes of a file.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><literal>mapproc</literal> and <literal>unmapproc</literal>

are called to map and unmap the contents of a file in memory. See also <literal>

mmap(2)</literal> and <literal>munmap(2)</literal>.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>The <literal>clientdata</literal> parameter is an opaque &ldquo;handle&rdquo;

passed to the client-specified routines that are passed as parameters to <literal>

TIFFClientOpen</literal>.</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<refsect2 id="TIFFOpen-3tiff-exde-byte">

<title>Byte Order</title>

<para>The TIFF specification (all versions) states that compliant readers

must be capable of reading images written in either byte order. However, 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. By default, the library creates 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 &ldquo;<literal>b</literal>&rdquo; and &ldquo;<literal>l</literal>&rdquo;

option flags may be included in the call to open a file. For example, &ldquo;<literal>

wb</literal>&rdquo; or &ldquo;<literal>wl</literal>&rdquo;.</para>

</refsect2>

<refsect2 id="TIFFOpen-3tiff-exde-diags">

<title>Diagnostics</title>

<para>All error messages are directed to the <literal>TIFFError(3tiff)</literal>

routine. Likewise, warning messages are directed to the <literal>TIFFWarning(3tiff)

</literal> routine.</para>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry><term>"%s": Bad mode.</term><listitem><para>The specified mode

parameter is not one of &ldquo;<literal>r</literal>&rdquo; (read), &ldquo;<literal>

w</literal>&rdquo; (write), or &ldquo;<literal>a</literal>&rdquo; (append).

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term>%s: Cannot open.</term><listitem><para><literal>TIFFOpen()

</literal> is unable to open the specified filename for reading or writing.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term>Cannot read TIFF header.</term><listitem><para>An error

occurred while attempting to read the header information.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term>Error writing TIFF header.</term><listitem><para>An error

occurred while writing the default header information for a new file.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term>Not a TIFF file, bad magic number %d (0x%x).</term><listitem>

<para>The magic number in the header was not (hex) <literal>0x4d4d</literal>

or (hex) <literal>0x4949</literal>.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term>Not a TIFF file, bad version number %d (0x%x).</term>

<listitem><para>The version field in the header was not <literal>42</literal>

(decimal).</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term>Cannot append to file that has opposite byte ordering.<?Pub Caret>

</term><listitem><para>A file with a byte ordering opposite to the native

byte ordering of the current machine was opened for appending (&ldquo;<literal>

a</literal>&rdquo;). This is a limitation of the library.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect2>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="TIFFOpen-3tiff-opts"><title>&opts-tt;</title>

<para>The open <literal>mode</literal> parameter can include the following

flags in addition to the &ldquo;r&rdquo;, &ldquo;w&rdquo;, and &ldquo;a&rdquo;

flags. Note however that option flags must follow the read-write-append specification.

</para>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry><term><option role="nodash">B</option></term><listitem><para>

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.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option role="nodash">b</option></term><listitem><para>

When creating a new file, force information to be written with Big-Endian

byte order (but see the Byte Order section of this reference page). By default,

the library creates new files using the native CPU byte order.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option role="nodash">C</option></term><listitem><para>

Enable the use of &ldquo;strip chopping&rdquo; when reading images that are

comprised of a single strip or tile of uncompressed data. Strip chopping is

a mechanism by which the library automatically converts 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, the image 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.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option role="nodash">c</option></term><listitem><para>

Disable the use of strip chopping when reading images.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option role="nodash">H</option></term><listitem><para>

Force image data that is read or written to be treated with bits filled in

the same order as the native CPU.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option role="nodash">L</option></term><listitem><para>

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 that the library has worked from its inception.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option role="nodash">l</option></term><listitem><para>

When creating a new file, force information to be written with Little-Endian

byte order (but see the Byte Order section of this reference page). By default,

the library creates new files using the native CPU byte order.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option role="nodash">M</option></term><listitem><para>

Enable the use of memory-mapped files for images opened as read-only. If the

underlying system does not support memory-mapped files, or if the specific

image being opened cannot be memory-mapped, the library uses the normal system

interface for reading information. By default, the library attempts to use

memory-mapped files.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option role="nodash">m</option></term><listitem><para>

Disable the use of memory-mapped files.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="TIFFOpen-3tiff-rtrn"><title>&rtrn-tt;</title>

<para>Upon successful completion, <literal>TIFFOpen</literal>, <literal>TIFFFdOpen

</literal>, and <literal>TIFFClientOpen</literal> return a TIFF pointer. Otherwise,

NULL is returned.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="TIFFOpen-3tiff-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>

<para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>

for descriptions of the following attributes:</para>

<informaltable frame="all">

<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">

<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">

<thead>

<row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center"

valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>

</thead>

<tbody>

<row><entry><para>Availability</para></entry><entry><para>image/library/libtiff</para></entry>

</row>

<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry><entry

colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Uncommitted</para></entry></row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</informaltable>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="TIFFOpen-3tiff-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>

<para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>libtiff</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>

</citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>TIFFClose</refentrytitle><manvolnum>

3tiff</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="TIFFOpen-3tiff-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>

<para>This man page was originally written by Sam Leffler. Updated by Breda McColgan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>

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