Changes between Version 46 and Version 47 of ConfigOptions

Timestamp:

Apr 9, 2018, 10:50:28 AM (6 years ago)

Author:

Even Rouault

Comment:

Document GDAL_DISABLE_READDIR_ON_OPEN=EMPTY_DIR

ConfigOptions

@@ -148 +148 @@
 By default (GDAL_DISABLE_READDIR_ON_OPEN=FALSE), GDAL establishes a list of all the files in the directory of the file passed to GDALOpen(). This can result in speed-ups in some use cases, but also to major slow downs when the directory contains thousands of other files. When set to TRUE, GDAL will not try to establish the list of files. 
 
+If set to EMPTY_DIR, only the file that is being opened will be seen when a GDAL driver will request sibling files, so this is a way to disable loading side-car/auxiliary files.
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 === GDAL_CACHEMAX ===