.TH IM_BINFILE 3 "11 April 1990"
.SH NAME
im_binfile, im_image \- wrap a raw binary file inside an IMAGE descriptor
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <vips/vips.h>

IMAGE *im_binfile( name, xs, ys, b, off )
.br
char *in;
.br
IMAGE *out;
.br
int xs, ys, b, off;

IMAGE *
.br
im_image( void *buffer, int width, int height, int bands, int format )

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B im_binfile(3)
maps the file named, and returns an image descriptor which looks
very like the sort of thing that 
.B im_mmapin(3) 
returns.

The parameters specify the image width, height, number of bands and offset
in bytes from the start of the file.

.B im_image(3) 
makes an IMAGE deriptor from an area of pixels in memory. The memory
buffer will not be freed when the IMAGE is closed, use 
.B im_add_close_callback()
if you want this.

.SH RETURN VALUE
The functions return NULL on error.
.SH SEE ALSO
im_mmapin(3), im_openout(3), im_setbuf(3).
.SH COPYRIGHT
N. Dessipris
.SH AUTHOR
N. Dessipris \- 11/04/1990