[gdal-dev] How to delete shapefile

[Frank Warmerdam]

Clay, Bruce wrote:
> I am trying to delete a temporary shapefile after running a process with 
> the following code.
...
> The TestCapability always returns FALSE.  If I call DeleteLayer anyway I 
> get an unsupported operation error messege.
> 
> I am using GDAL 1.5.3 with Visual Studio 2005.
>
> Is there an error in my code or a different way to delete a shapefile 
> using GDAL or do I have to go to the operating system and find all of 
> the files that make up the shapefile and delete them that way?

Bruce,

It looks like the DeleteLayer support for the shapefile driver was added
for 1.6.0.  So you need to either upgrade or perhaps just delete the files
yourself with unlink().  Make sure the datasource is closed when you do so.

Best regards,
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