---
name: "TIFFPrintDirectory"
section: "3tiff"
platform: "linux"
package: "libtiff-dev"
version: "4.7.0-3+deb13u3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/TIFFPrintDirectory/3tiff"
---

# TIFFPrintDirectory(3tiff)

print a description of a TIFF directory

## NAME

TIFFPrintDirectory - print a description of a TIFF directory

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <tiffio.h>
```

- **void TIFFPrintDirectory(TIFF \*tif, FILE \*fd, long flags)**

  ## DESCRIPTION

*TIFFPrintDirectory()* prints a description of the current directory in the specified TIFF file to the standard I/O output stream *fd*. The *flags* parameter is used to control the "level of detail" of the printed information; it is a bitwise-or of the flags defined in **tiffio.h**:

| | | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Name | Value | Description |
| **TIFFPRINT\_NONE** | 0x0 | no extra info |
| **TIFFPRINT\_STRIPS** | 0x1 | strips/tiles info |
| **TIFFPRINT\_CURVES** | 0x2 | color/gray response curves |
| **TIFFPRINT\_COLORMAP** | 0x4 | colormap |
| **TIFFPRINT\_JPEGQTABLES** | 0x100 | JPEG Q matrices |
| **TIFFPRINT\_JPEGACTABLES** | 0x200 | JPEG AC tables |
| **TIFFPRINT\_JPEGDCTABLES** | 0x200 | JPEG DC tables |

## NOTES

In C++ the *flags* parameter defaults to 0.

## RETURN VALUES

None.

## DIAGNOSTICS

None.

## SEE ALSO

*libtiff* (3tiff), *TIFFOpen* (3tiff), *TIFFReadDirectory* (3tiff), *TIFFSetDirectory* (3tiff)

## AUTHOR

LibTIFF contributors

## COPYRIGHT

1988-2022, LibTIFF contributors