diff --git a/envi/binary.h b/envi/binary.h
index 9fea3a1..97cc41d 100644
--- a/envi/binary.h
+++ b/envi/binary.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ protected:
 	}
 
 	//returns the file size
+	//	reads the file size from disk and returns it (in bytes)
 	unsigned int get_file_size(){
 
 		struct stat results;
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ protected:
 		else return 0;
 	}
 
+	//make sure that the specified file size matches the file size on disk
+	//	returns true/false
 	bool test_file_size(){
 		unsigned int sum = header;			//initialize the sum (in bytes) to the header size
 		for(unsigned int i = 0; i<D; i++)	//iterate over each dimension, summing the byte size
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ protected:
 
 	}
 
+	//open the file specified in "name" for binary reading and writing
 	bool open_file(std::string filename){
 		//open the file as binary for reading and writing
 		file.open(filename.c_str(), std::ios::in | std::ios::out | std::ios::binary);
@@ -61,6 +65,7 @@ protected:
 
 public:
 
+	//open a file, given the file name, resolution (as a vector) and header size
 	bool open(std::string filename, vec<unsigned int, D> r, unsigned int h = 0){
 		if(!open_file(filename)) return false;
 
@@ -72,19 +77,17 @@ public:
 		return test_file_size();
 	}
 
-	bool open(std::string filename, unsigned int X, unsigned int h = 0){
+	/*bool open(std::string filename, unsigned int X, unsigned int h = 0){
 		return open(filename, vec<unsigned int, 1>(X), h);
 	}
 
 	bool open(std::string filename, unsigned int X, unsigned int Y, unsigned int h = 0){
 		return open(filename, vec<unsigned int, 2>(X, Y), h);
-
-
 	}
 
 	bool open(std::string filename, unsigned int X, unsigned int Y, unsigned int Z, unsigned int h = 0){
 		return open(filename, vec<unsigned int, 3>(X, Y, Z), h);
-	}
+	}*/
 
 };
 
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