Common options for vector programs¶
All GDAL OGR command line programs support the following common options.
-
--version
¶
Report the version of GDAL and exit.
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--formats
¶
List all vector formats supported by this GDAL build (read-only and read-write) and exit. The format support is indicated as follows:
ro
is read-only driver;rw
is read or write (i.e. supportsCreateCopy()
);rw+
is read, write and update (i.e. supports Create). Av
is appended for formats supporting virtual IO (/vsimem
,/vsigzip
,/vsizip
, etc). As
is appended for formats supporting subdatasets.
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--format
<format>
¶ List detailed information about a single format driver. The format should be the short name reported in the
--formats
list, such as GML.
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--optfile
<filename>
¶ Read the named file and substitute the contents into the command line options list. Lines beginning with
#
will be ignored. Multi-word arguments may be kept together with double quotes.
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--config
<key> <value>
¶ Sets the named configuration keyword to the given value, as opposed to setting them as environment variables. Some common configuration keywords are SHAPE_ENCODING (force shapefile driver to read DBF files with the given character encoding) and CPL_TEMPDIR (define the location of temporary files). Individual drivers may be influenced by other configuration options.
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--debug
<value>
¶ Control what debugging messages are emitted. A value of ON will enable all debug messages. A value of OFF will disable all debug messages. Another value will select only debug messages containing that string in the debug prefix code.
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--help-general
¶
Gives a brief usage message for the generic GDAL OGR command line options and exit.