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TIFFOpen(3TIFF)						       TIFFOpen(3TIFF)

NAME
       TIFFOpen,  TIFFFdOpen, TIFFClientOpen - open a TIFF file for reading or
       writing

SYNOPSIS
       #include <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)

DESCRIPTION
       TIFFOpen	 opens a TIFF file whose name is filename and returns a handle
       to be used in subsequent calls to routines in  libtiff.	 If  the  open
       operation  fails,  then zero is returned.  The mode parameter specifies
       if the file is to be opened for reading (``r''),	 writing  (``w''),  or
       appending  (``a'') and, optionally, whether to override certain default
       aspects of library operation (see below).  When a file  is  opened  for
       appending,  existing data will not be touched; instead new data will be
       written as additional subfiles.	If an  existing	 file  is  opened  for
       writing, all previous data is overwritten.

       If  a  file is opened for reading, the first TIFF directory in the file
       is automatically read (also  see	 TIFFSetDirectory(3TIFF)  for  reading
       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 the default values specified
       in TIFF Revision 6.0: BitsPerSample=1, ThreshHolding=bilevel art	 scan,
       FillOrder=1  (most  significant bit of each data byte is filled first),
       Orientation=1 (the 0th row represents the visual top of the image,  and
       the  0th	 column	 represents  the  visual  left hand side), SamplesPer‐
       Pixel=1, RowsPerStrip=infinity, ResolutionUnit=2 (inches), and Compres‐
       sion=1  (no  compression).   To alter these values, or to define values
       for additional fields, TIFFSetField(3TIFF) must be used.

       TIFFFdOpen is like TIFFOpen except that it opens a TIFF file  given  an
       open file descriptor fd.	 The file's name and mode must reflect that of
       the open descriptor.  The object associated with	 the  file  descriptor
       must support random access.

       TIFFClientOpen  is like TIFFOpen except that the caller supplies a col‐
       lection of functions that the library will  use	to  do	UNIX-like  I/O
       operations.   The  readproc  and writeproc are called to read and write
       data at the current file position.  seekproc is called  to  change  the
       current	file  position a la lseek(2).  closeproc is invoked to release
       any resources associated with an open file.   sizeproc  is  invoked  to
       obtain  the  size in bytes of a file.  mapproc and unmapproc are called
       to map and unmap a file's contents in memory; c.f.   mmap(2)  and  mun‐
       map(2).	The clientdata parameter is an opaque ``handle'' passed to the
       client-specified routines passed as parameters to TIFFClientOpen.

OPTIONS
       The open mode parameter can include the following flags in addition  to
       the ``r'', ``w'', and ``a'' flags.  Note however that option flags must
       follow the read-write-append specification.

       l      When creating a new file force information be written with  Lit‐
	      tle-Endian  byte	order (but see below).	By default the library
	      will create new files using the native CPU byte order.

       b      When creating a new file force information be written with  Big-
	      Endian  byte order (but see below).  By default the library will
	      create new files using the native CPU byte order.

       L      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  the  library
	      has worked from its inception.

       B      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.

       H      Force image data that is read or written to be treated with bits
	      filled in the same order as the native CPU.

       M      Enable the use of memory-mapped files for	 images	 opened	 read-
	      only.   If  the underlying system does not support memory-mapped
	      files or if the specific image being opened  cannot  be  memory-
	      mapped then the library will fallback to using the normal system
	      interface for reading information.  By default the library  will
	      attempt to use memory-mapped files.

       m      Disable the use of memory-mapped files.

       C      Enable  the  use	of ``strip chopping'' when reading images that
	      are comprised of a single strip or tile  of  uncompressed	 data.
	      Strip chopping is a mechanism by which the library will automat‐
	      ically convert 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 it
	      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	behav‐
	      iour, for backwards compatibility, is to enable strip chopping.

       c      Disable the use of strip chopping when reading images.

       h      Read  TIFF  header  only, do not load the first image directory.
	      That could be useful in case of the broken first	directory.  We
	      can open the file and proceed to the other directories.

BYTE ORDER
       The  TIFF  specification	 (all  versions) states that compliant readers
       must be capable of reading images written in either byte order.	 None‐
       theless 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.  (Especially notorious are
       applications written to run on Intel-based machines.)  By  default  the
       library	will create 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  ``b''	 and ``l'' option flags may be included in the call to
       open a file; for example, ``wb'' or ``wl''.

RETURN VALUES
       Upon successful completion  TIFFOpen,  TIFFFdOpen,  and	TIFFClientOpen
       return a TIFF pointer.  Otherwise, NULL is returned.

DIAGNOSTICS
       All error messages are directed to the TIFFError(3TIFF) routine.	 Like‐
       wise, warning messages are directed to the TIFFWarning(3TIFF) routine.

       "%s": Bad mode.	The specified mode parameter  was  not	one  of	 ``r''
       (read), ``w'' (write), or ``a'' (append).

       %s:  Cannot open.  TIFFOpen() was unable to open the specified filename
       for read/writing.

       Cannot read TIFF header.	 An error occurred while  attempting  to  read
       the header information.

       Error writing TIFF header.  An error occurred while writing the default
       header information for a new file.

       Not a TIFF file, bad magic number %d (0x%x).  The magic number  in  the
       header was not (hex) 0x4d4d or (hex) 0x4949.

       Not  a  TIFF  file, bad version number %d (0x%x).  The version field in
       the header was not 42 (decimal).

       Cannot append to file that has opposite byte ordering.  A file  with  a
       byte  ordering  opposite	 to  the  native  byte ordering of the current
       machine was opened for appending (``a'').  This is a limitation of  the
       library.

SEE ALSO
       libtiff(3TIFF), TIFFClose(3TIFF)

libtiff				 July 1, 2005		       TIFFOpen(3TIFF)
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