<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Manpage of TIFFWriteDirectory</TITLE> </HEAD><BODY BGCOLOR=WHITE><FONT FACE="helvetica, sans, arial"> <H1>TIFFWriteDirectory</H1> Section: Misc. Reference Manual Pages (3T)<BR>Updated: December 16, 1991<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A> <BR><A HREF="index.html">Return to Main Contents</A> <HR> <A NAME="lbAB"> </A> <H2>NAME</H2> TIFFWriteDirectory - write the current directory in an open <FONT SIZE="-1">TIFF</FONT> file <A NAME="lbAC"> </A> <H2>SYNOPSIS</H2> <B>#include <<A HREF="file:/usr/include/tiffio.h">tiffio.h</A>></B> <BR> <B>int TIFFWriteDirectory(TIFF* tif)</B> <A NAME="lbAD"> </A> <H2>DESCRIPTION</H2> Write the contents of the current directory to the file and setup to create a new subfile in the same file. Applications only need to call <I>TIFFWriteDirectory</I> when writing multiple subfiles to a single <FONT SIZE="-1">TIFF</FONT> file. <I>TIFFWriteDirectory</I> is automatically called by <I>TIFFClose</I> and <I>TIFFFlush</I> to write a modified directory if the file is open for writing. <A NAME="lbAE"> </A> <H2>RETURN VALUES</H2> 1 is returned when the contents are successfully written to the file. Otherwise, 0 is returned if an error was encountered when writing the directory contents. <A NAME="lbAF"> </A> <H2>DIAGNOSTICS</H2> All error messages are directed to the <I><A HREF="TIFFError.3t.html">TIFFError</A></I>(3T) routine. <P> <B>Error post-encoding before directory write</B>. Before writing the contents of the current directory, any pending data are flushed. This message indicates that an error occurred while doing this. <P> <B>Error flushing data before directory write</B>. Before writing the contents of the current directory, any pending data are flushed. This message indicates that an error occurred while doing this. <P> <B>Cannot write directory, out of space</B>. There was not enough space to allocate a temporary area for the directory that was to be written. <P> <B>Error writing directory count</B>. A write error occurred when writing the count of fields in the directory. <P> <B>Error writing directory contents</B>. A write error occurred when writing the directory fields. <P> <B>Error writing directory link</B>. A write error occurred when writing the link to the next directory. <P> <B>Error writing data for field "%s"</B>. A write error occurred when writing indirect data for the specified field. <P> <B>Error writing TIFF header</B>. A write error occurred when re-writing header at the front of the file. <P> <B>Error fetching directory count</B>. A read error occurred when fetching the directory count field for a previous directory. This can occur when setting up a link to the directory that is being written. <P> <B>Error fetching directory link</B>. A read error occurred when fetching the directory link field for a previous directory. This can occur when setting up a link to the directory that is being written. <A NAME="lbAG"> </A> <H2>SEE ALSO</H2> <I><A HREF="libtiff.3t.html">libtiff</A></I>(3T), <I><A HREF="TIFFOpen.3t.html">TIFFOpen</A></I>(3T), <I><A HREF="TIFFError.3t.html">TIFFError</A></I>(3T), <I><A HREF="TIFFReadDirectory.3t.html">TIFFReadDirectory</A></I>(3T), <I><A HREF="TIFFSetDirectory.3t.html">TIFFSetDirectory</A></I>(3T) <HR> <A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2> <DL> <DT><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD> <DT><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD> <DT><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD> <DT><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUES</A><DD> <DT><A HREF="#lbAF">DIAGNOSTICS</A><DD> <DT><A HREF="#lbAG">SEE ALSO</A><DD> </DL> <HR> This document was created by <A HREF="index.html">man2html</A>, using the manual pages.<BR> Time: 01:31:38 GMT, November 23, 1999 </BODY> </HTML>