getDescription {rtiff}R Documentation

Get the description on a TIFF file.

Description

Gets the TIFF description field (tag 270) for a TIFF file.

Usage

getDescription(fn)

Arguments

fn The name of the tiff file.

Value

A string with the description field from the TIFF file.

Author(s)

Eric Kort <eric.kort@vai.org>

Examples


library(rtiff)
tif <- readTiff(paste(.path.package("rtiff"), "/tiff/jello.tif", sep=""))
getDescription(paste(.path.package("rtiff"), "/tiff/jello.tif", sep=""))

[Package rtiff version 1.4 Index]