| .TH IM_INIT 3 "11 April 1990" |
| .SH NAME |
| im_init \- make an IMAGE descriptor |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| #include <vips/vips.h> |
| |
| IMAGE *im_init( char *filename ) |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| im_init(3) allocates space for an IMAGE descriptor, sets all fields to |
| initial values, and returns the descriptor. A copy is made of the filename |
| argument. The IMAGE returned by im_init(3) should be passed to im_close(3) to |
| free it. |
| |
| This function is used internally by VIPS and should not be called by users. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| im_mmapin(3), im_openin(3), im_setbuf(3), im_close(3). |
| .SH COPYRIGHT |
| Birkbeck College and the National Gallery (c) 1994 |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| N. Dessipris \- 11/04/1990 |
| .br |
| J.Cupitt \- 23/2/94 |
