TIFFFLUSH(3tiff)

💖 TIFFFLUSH — bestie, let's talk flushing 💖

okay so this is the TIFFFlush page from LibTIFF, and honestly? it's giving "you will probably never need me but I'm here and I'm iconic" ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <tiffio.h>

int TIFFFlush(TIFF *tif)

int TIFFFlushData(TIFF *tif)

like. two little functions. two little guys. one job each. periodt 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so first up, TIFFFlush() — this one makes sure that any pending writes for the file you specified get done, and yes bestie, that includes the writes for the current directory too. it's the full-glam, everything-gets-written treatment. 👑

but here's the tea: in normal operation you never need to call this. the library already does any flushing it needs on its own. so TIFFFlush() is that friend who's always there but you're like "wait why did I text you" 😭 she's backup, not the plan.

then we have TIFFFlushData() — this one flushes any pending image data for the file so it actually gets written out. but NOT the directory-related data. directory stuff stays unflushed, that is simply not her department, not her problem, not her era. 🙈

and same thing, same vibe: in normal operation this call is never needed either — the library automatically does any flushing required. she's just sitting there being cute and available. no cap.

ngl if you're out here calling these manually, check yourself before you wreck yourself — the library's got it handled ✨

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⭐ RETURN VALUES ⭐

so the vibe check results are:

• 0 — returned if an error is encountered 💀 (yeah. an error. sad.)
• otherwise, 1 is returned 🎉

binary queen. one or zero. that's the whole range, she doesn't do anything in between. 💜

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🎀 DIAGNOSTICS 🎀

all error messages get directed to the TIFFErrorExtR() routine. every single one. that's where the drama goes. 📣

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go read these next bestie, they're all in the same friend group:

• TIFFOpen (3tiff)
• TIFFWriteEncodedStrip (3tiff)
• TIFFWriteEncodedTile (3tiff)
• TIFFWriteRawStrip (3tiff)
• TIFFWriteRawTile (3tiff)
• TIFFWriteScanline (3tiff)
• TIFFWriteTile (3tiff)
• libtiff (3tiff)

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

LibTIFF contributors — the collective. the group chat. the whole squad 🫶

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🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

1988-2025, LibTIFF contributors — that's a long run and they ate every single year of it fr fr 💅

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and that's the whole page, mwah 💋

this was LibTIFF 4.7, dated Jun 27, 2026, and it's a TIFFFLUSH(3tiff) moment. stay flushed, stay iconic, iykyk 🦋✨🎀