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1997.01.22 18:31 "Reading from standard in", by Todd D Newman

1997.01.22 20:04 "Re: Reading from standard in", by Sam Leffler

1997.01.22 21:14 "Re: Reading from standard in", by Helge Blischke

1997.01.23 00:25 "Re: Reading from standard in", by Dwight Kelly

1997.01.23 00:04 "Re: Reading from standard in", by Tom Lane

1997.01.23 02:03 "Re: Reading from standard in", by <cristy@eplrx7.es.dupont.com>

1997.01.22 21:14 "Re: Reading from standard in", by Helge Blischke

Todd D. Newman wrote:
> 
> This is probably a FAQ, but I don't see an answer anywhere. Is libtiff supposed
> to support standard in/standard out a la Unix?  If you look at TIFFClientOpen
> you'll see it doing strlen on the file name.  This doesn't work for a null
> file name.
> 
> My question is whether this is a bug or a feature.
> 
> Yours in appalling naivete,
> 
>         /tdn
> Todd Newman

I think it's a feature, as TIFF files ar *NOT* stream files; for
almost every operation on TIFF files you must have random
access to tags, strips, tiles and so on.

Helge Blischke