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2005.01.21 15:20 "Re: deleting tags!", by Chris Losinger
At 10:14 AM 1/21/2005, Frank Warmerdam wrote: > I'm not aware of any way of clearing a tag completely from the > directory either. In fact, "in place" update of a TIFF file on disk is > still a relatively experimental area. In the past before in-place update > there was never a compelling need to delete tags from an in memory > directory since you could update a file on disk (other than appending > new images). > ... > The more conventional approach though is to copy the file you > want to change to a new file, and just avoid copying anything you > don't want in the new file. wouldn't blind copying break tag data offsets ? __________________________ Chris Losinger Smaller Animals Software, Inc. http://www.smalleranimals.com