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.. configoptions: | ||
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Configuration options | ||
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This page discussed runtime configuration options for GDAL, and is distinct from | ||
options to the build-time configure script. Runtime configuration options apply | ||
on all platforms, and are evaluated at runtime. They can be set programmatically, | ||
by commandline switches or in the environment by the user. | ||
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Configuration optoins are normally used to alter the default behavior of GDAL/OGR | ||
drivers and in some cases the GDAL/OGR core. They are essentially global | ||
variables the user can set. | ||
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How to set configuration options ? | ||
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One example of a config option is the GDAL_CACHEMAX option. It controls the size | ||
of the GDAL block cache, in megabytes. It can be set in the environment on Unix | ||
(bash/bourne) shell like this: | ||
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export GDAL_CACHEMAX=64 | ||
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In a DOS/Windows command shell it is done like this: | ||
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set GDAL_CACHEMAX=64 | ||
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It can also be set on the commandline for most GDAL and OGR utilities with the | ||
``--config`` switch, though in a few cases these switches are not evaluated in | ||
time to affect behavior. | ||
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gdal_translate --config GDAL_CACHEMAX 64 in.tif out.tif | ||
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In C/C++ configuration switches can be set programmatically with | ||
:cpp:func:`CPLSetConfigOption`: | ||
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.. code-block:: c | ||
#include "cpl_conv.h" | ||
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CPLSetConfigOption( "GDAL_CACHEMAX", "64" ); | ||
Normally a configuration option applies to all threads active in a program, but | ||
they can be limited to only the current thread with | ||
:cpp:func:`CPLSetThreadLocalConfigOption` | ||
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.. code-block:: c | ||
CPLSetThreadLocalConfigOption( "GTIFF_DIRECT_IO", "YES" ); | ||
For boolean options, the values YES, TRUE or ON can be used to turn the option on; | ||
NO, FALSE or OFF to turn it off. | ||
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List of configuration options and where they apply | ||
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.. include:: configoptions_index_generated.rst |
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