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TIFFReadDirectory(3TIFF)			      TIFFReadDirectory(3TIFF)

NAME
       TIFFReadDirectory  -  get the contents of the next directory in an open
       TIFF file

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<tiffio.h>

       int TIFFReadDirectory(TIFF *tif)

DESCRIPTION
       Read the	next directory in the specified	file and make it  the  current
       directory.  Applications	 only  need  to	call TIFFReadDirectory to read
       multiple	subfiles in a single TIFF file-- the first directory in	a file
       is automatically	read when TIFFOpen is called.

NOTES
       If  the library is compiled with	STRIPCHOP_SUPPORT enabled, then	images
       that have a single uncompressed strip or	tile of	data are automatically
       treated as if they were made up of multiple strips or tiles of approxi-
       mately 8	kilobytes each.	This operation is done only in-memory; it does
       not  alter  the	contents of the	file. However, the construction	of the
       ``chopped strips'' is visible to	the application	through	the number  of
       strips [tiles] returned by TIFFNumberOfStrips [TIFFNumberOfTiles].

RETURN VALUES
       If  the next directory was successfully read, 1 is returned. Otherwise,
       0 is returned if	an error was encountered, or if	there are no more  di-
       rectories to be read.

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

       Seek error accessing TIFF directory.  An	error occurred while position-
       ing to the location of the directory.

       Wrong  data type	%d for field "%s".  The	tag entry in the directory had
       an incorrect data type.	For example, an	ImageDescription  tag  with  a
       SHORT data type.

       TIFF  directory	is  missing required "%s" field.  The specified	tag is
       required	to be present by the TIFF 5.0 specification, but  is  missing.
       The directory is	(usually) unusable.

       %s:  Rational  with  zero  denominator.	A directory tag	has a RATIONAL
       value whose denominator is zero.

       Incorrect count %d for field "%s" (%lu, expecting  %lu);	 tag  ignored.
       The  specified  tag's  count  field is bad.  For	example, a count other
       than 1 for a SubFileType	tag.

       Cannot handle different per-sample values for field "%s".  The tag  has
       SamplesPerPixel values and they are not all the same; e.g.  BitsPerSam-
       ple.  The library is unable to handle images of this sort.

       Count mismatch for field	"%s"; expecting	%d, got	%d.  The  count	 field
       in  a tag does not agree	with the number	expected by the	library.  This
       should never happen, so if it does, the library refuses to read the di-
       rectory.

       Invalid	TIFF  directory;  tags are not sorted in ascending order.  The
       directory tags are not properly sorted as specified  in	the  TIFF  5.0
       specification.  This error is not fatal.

       Ignoring	 unknown field with tag	%d (0x%x).  An unknown tag was encoun-
       tered in	the directory; the library ignores all such tags.

       TIFF directory is missing required "ImageLength"	field.	The image vio-
       lates  the  specification by not	having a necessary field.  There is no
       way for the library to recover from this	error.

       TIFF directory is missing required "PlanarConfig" field.	 The image vi-
       olates  the specification by not	having a necessary field.  There is no
       way for the library to recover from this	error.

       TIFF directory is missing required "StripOffsets" field.	 The image has
       multiple	 strips, but is	missing	the tag	that specifies the file	offset
       to each strip of	data.  There is	no way for the library to recover from
       this error.

       TIFF  directory is missing required "TileOffsets" field.	 The image has
       multiple	tiles, but is missing the tag that specifies the  file	offset
       to  each	tile of	data.  There is	no way for the library to recover from
       this error.

       TIFF directory is missing required "StripByteCounts" field.  The	 image
       has  multiple strips, but is missing the	tag that specifies the size of
       each strip of data.  There is no	way for	the library  to	 recover  from
       this error.

       TIFF directory is missing required "StripByteCounts" field, calculating
       from imagelength.  The image violates the specification by not having a
       necessary  field.   However,  when  the	image is comprised of only one
       strip or	tile, the library will estimate	the missing value based	on the
       file size.

       Bogus  "StripByteCounts"	 field,	 ignoring  and calculating from	image-
       length.	Certain	vendors	violate	the specification by writing zero  for
       the  StripByteCounts tag	when they want to leave	the value unspecified.
       If the image has	a single strip,	the library will estimate the  missing
       value based on the file size.

SEE ALSO
       TIFFOpen(3TIFF),	  TIFFWriteDirectory(3TIFF),  TIFFSetDirectory(3TIFF),
       TIFFSetSubDirectory(3TIFF), libtiff(3TIFF)

       Libtiff library home page: http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/

libtiff			       October 15, 1995	      TIFFReadDirectory(3TIFF)

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