[gdal-dev] Source dataset during ogr2ogr

[Frank Warmerdam]

Christopher Condit wrote:
> I'm working on the KML 2.2 update for the KML OGR driver, and I'm
> curious if there's some way to get access to the source dataset object
> from the created dataset during an ogr2ogr call. In this case I'm
> interested in looking at all the feature definitions from the source
> dataset s.t. I can create the schema correctly in the KML output...

Chris,

No, there is no way to do this.

In the GDAL there is CreateCopy() which lets a destination dataset
configure itself based on a source dataset but there is no OGR analog.

Best regards,
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