[gdal-dev] HDF subdatasets

[Bobby Braswell]

Hi-

Is it possible to access the names of subdatasets in HDF4 files using  
gdal-python? I can get the SDS names using gdalinfo, but would like  
to do it from within my code.

For example the result of

D = gdal.Open('MCD43A4.A2002001.h18v01.005.2007115060137.hdf')

produces some dictionaries within D containing metadata information,  
but I can't find the subdataset names anywhere, e.g.,

'HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MCD43A4.A2002001.h18v01.005.2007115060137.hdf":Nadir 
_Reflectance_Band1'

Thanks very much,
Rob Braswell