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  26. .TH TIFFSetDirectory 3TIFF "October 15, 1995" "libtiff"
  27. .SH NAME
  28. TIFFSetDirectory, TIFFSetSubDirectory \- set the current directory for an open
  29. .SM TIFF
  30. file
  31. .SH SYNOPSIS
  32. .B "#include <tiffio.h>"
  33. .sp
  34. .BI "int TIFFSetDirectory(TIFF *" tif ", tdir_t " dirnum ")"
  35. .br
  36. .BI "int TIFFSetSubDirectory(TIFF *" tif ", uint32 " diroff ")"
  37. .SH DESCRIPTION
  38. .I TIFFSetDirectory
  39. changes the current directory and reads its contents with
  40. .IR TIFFReadDirectory .
  41. The parameter
  42. .I dirnum
  43. specifies the subfile/directory as an integer number, with the first directory
  44. numbered zero.
  45. .PP
  46. .I TIFFSetSubDirectory
  47. acts like
  48. .IR TIFFSetDirectory ,
  49. except the directory is specified as a file offset instead of an index; this
  50. is required for accessing subdirectories linked through a
  51. .I SubIFD
  52. tag.
  53. .SH "RETURN VALUES"
  54. On successful return 1 is returned. Otherwise, 0 is returned if
  55. .I dirnum
  56. or
  57. .I diroff
  58. specifies a non-existent directory, or if an error was encountered while
  59. reading the directory's contents.
  60. .SH DIAGNOSTICS
  61. All error messages are directed to the
  62. .IR TIFFError (3TIFF)
  63. routine.
  64. .PP
  65. .BR "%s: Error fetching directory count" .
  66. An error was encountered while reading the ``directory count'' field.
  67. .PP
  68. .BR "%s: Error fetching directory link" .
  69. An error was encountered while reading the ``link value'' that points to the
  70. next directory in a file.
  71. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  72. .IR TIFFCurrentDirectory (3TIFF),
  73. .IR TIFFOpen (3TIFF),
  74. .IR TIFFReadDirectory (3TIFF),
  75. .IR TIFFWriteDirectory (3TIFF),
  76. .IR libtiff (3TIFF)
  77. .PP
  78. Libtiff library home page:
  79. .BR http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/