.. _writemeta:

writemeta
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**Syntax:** :code:`writemeta(image, filename)`

Writes image metadata to disk.

This command cannot be used in the distributed processing mode. If you need it, please contact the authors.

Arguments
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image [input]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Data type:** uint8 image, uint16 image, uint32 image, uint64 image, int8 image, int16 image, int32 image, int64 image, float32 image, complex32 image

Image to process.

filename [input]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Data type:** string

Name and path of file to write. The file will be replaced.

See also
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:ref:`setmeta`, :ref:`getmeta`, :ref:`writemeta`, :ref:`readmeta`, :ref:`clearmeta`, :ref:`listmeta`, :ref:`copymeta`, :ref:`metarowcount`, :ref:`metacolumncount`