# TIFFReadRawStrip

## Synopsis

    #include <tiffio.h>

tsize_t TIFFReadRawStrip(TIFF *tif, tstrip_t strip, tdata_t buf, tsize_t size)

## Description

Read the contents of the specified strip into the (user supplied) data buffer. Note that the value of strip is a “raw strip number”. That is, the caller must take into account whether or not the data is organized in separate planes (`PlanarConfiguration` = 2). To read a full strip of data the data buffer should typically be at least as large as the number returned by `TIFFStripSize()`.

## Return values

The actual number of bytes of data that were placed in buf is returned; `TIFFReadRawStrip()` returns -1 if an error was encountered.

## Diagnostics

All error messages are directed to the `TIFFErrorExtR()` routine.

## See also

TIFFOpen (3tiff), TIFFReadEncodedStrip (3tiff), TIFFReadScanline (3tiff), TIFFstrip (3tiff), libtiff (3tiff)