TIFFCLOSE(3tiff) LibTIFF TIFFCLOSE(3tiff)

NAME

TIFFClose - close a previously opened TIFF file

SYNOPSIS

#include <tiffio.h>

void TIFFClose(TIFF *tif)

void TIFFCleanup(TIFF *tif)

DESCRIPTION

TIFFClose() closes a file that was previously opened with TIFFOpen().
Any buffered data are flushed to the file, including the contents of
the current directory (if modified); and all resources are reclaimed.
TIFFClose() calls TIFFCleanup() and then the associated function to
close the file handle.

TIFFCleanup() is an auxiliary function to free the TIFF structure.
The given structure will be completely freed, so you should save
opened file handle and pointer to the close procedure in external
variables before calling TIFFCleanup(), if you will need these ones
to close the file. TIFFCleanup() calls TIFFFlush(), which stores all
pending data in the file.

NOTE:
Both functions have no return value. If you want to check whether
the data has been successfully written to the file, you can call
TIFFFlush(), which has a return value, before TIFFClose().

DIAGNOSTICS

All error messages are directed to the TIFFErrorExtR() routine.
Likewise, warning messages are directed to the TIFFWarningExtR()
routine.

SEE ALSO

libtiff (3tiff), TIFFOpen (3tiff), TIFFError (3tiff)

AUTHOR

LibTIFF contributors

COPYRIGHT

1988-2025, LibTIFF contributors

4.7 March 7, 2026 TIFFCLOSE(3tiff)