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.TH TIFFFlush 3TIFF "December 16, 1991" "libtiff"
.SH NAME
TIFFFlush, TIFFFlushData \- flush pending writes to an open
.SM TIFF
file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "#include <tiffio.h>"
.sp
.BI "int TIFFFlush(TIFF *" tif ")"
.br
.BI "int TIFFFlushData(TIFF *" tif ")"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IR TIFFFlush
causes any pending writes for the specified file (including writes for the
current directory) to be done. In normal operation this call is never needed \-
the library automatically does any flushing required.
.PP
.IR TIFFFlushData
flushes any pending image data for the specified file to be written out;
directory-related data are not flushed. In normal operation this call is never
needed \- the library automatically does any flushing required.
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
0 is returned if an error is encountered, otherwise 1 is returned.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
All error messages are directed to the
.BR TIFFError (3TIFF)
routine.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR TIFFOpen (3TIFF),
.BR TIFFWriteEncodedStrip (3TIFF),
.BR TIFFWriteEncodedTile (3TIFF),
.BR TIFFWriteRawStrip (3TIFF),
.BR TIFFWriteRawTile (3TIFF),
.BR TIFFWriteScanline (3TIFF),
.BR TIFFWriteTile (3TIFF)
.BR libtiff (3TIFF),
.PP
Libtiff library home page:
.BR http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/