[Gdal-dev] gdal cache

[Frank Warmerdam]

Gillian Walter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've done a test in python, and it doesn't seem to be flushing:

Gillian,

How was the file externally updated?  Was it completely re-written?  If so
it is likely that GDAL still has the old file open even though it doesn't
show up in the file system.  For instance, you can open a file with GDAL
and then delete it from the operating system but GDAL will continue to access
the data till the file is closed at which point the operating system really
deletes it.

I suspect something like this is going on in your case.

Best regards,

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