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Subject: libtiff from Perl
From: Eric Lease Morgan <eric_morgan@ncsu.edu>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 08:58:27 -0400
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How can I call libtiff from Perl?

As I read and re-read the libtiff documentation, it seems clear the library
allows me to read and write data to TIFF tags. This is cool because I want
to read and write an XML stream to tag #270 (image description) as a way to
"marry" an image's description to the bitmap itself without the necessity of
database. This way an image can "know about itself."

Unfortunately, I do not have a writing knowledge of C, but I can write Perl.
Consequently, I would like to know if it is possible to call the libtiff
functions from Perl, and if so, how?

-- 
Eric Lease Morgan
NCSU Libraries
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/staff/morgan/




