TIFFmemory(3tiff) Introduction to Library Functions TIFFmemory(3tiff)
NAME
TIFFmemory, _TIFFmalloc, _TIFFrealloc, _TIFFfree, _TIFFmemset, _TIFFmemcpy, _TIFFmemcmp - memory-management-related functions for use with
TIFF files
SYNOPSIS
#include <tiffio.h>
tdata_t _TIFFmalloc(tsize_t);
tdata_t _TIFFrealloc(tdata_t, tsize_t);
void _TIFFfree(tdata_t);
void _TIFFmemset(tdata_t, int, tsize_t);
void _TIFFmemcpy(tdata_t, const tdata_t, tsize_t);
int _TIFFmemcmp(const tdata_t, const tdata_t, tsize_t);
DESCRIPTION
These routines are provided for writing portable software that uses libtiff. The routines hide any memory-management-related issues, such
as dealing with segmented architectures found on 16-bit machines.
_TIFFmalloc and _TIFFrealloc are used to dynamically allocate and reallocate memory used by libtiff, such as memory passed into the I/O
routines.
Memory allocated through these interfaces is released back to the system using the _TIFFfree routine. Memory allocated through one of the
above interfaces can be set to a known value using _TIFFmemset, copied to another memory location using _TIFFmemcpy, or compared for equal-
ity using _TIFFmemcmp. These routines conform to the equivalent ANSI C routines: memset, memcpy, and memcmp, respectively.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWTiff |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
libtiff(3), malloc(3C), memory(3C)
NOTES
This man page was originally written by Sam Leffler. Updated by Breda McColgan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.
SunOS 5.10 05 Apr 2004 TIFFmemory(3tiff)