[Gdal-dev] "gdalinfo --formats" output

[Mateusz Loskot]

Daniele Romagnoli wrote:
> Hi list,
>  
> when using the command "gdalinfo --formats"
> it returns a sequence of supported formats, as well as the specific
> driver capabilities which are symbolized by some initials: (ro), (rw)
> and (rw+).
>
> I think that (ro) means readonly while (rw) means read-write capabilities
>  
> If I'm right, what is the difference between (rw) and (rw+)?
>  
> The difference is related to Create and CreateCopy methods?

Yes, that's the difference.
ro - read-only dataset support
rw - create support (Create)
rw+ - create copy support (CreateCopy)

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