gdalraster (version 1.11.1)

deleteDataset: Delete named dataset

Description

deleteDataset() will attempt to delete the named dataset in a format specific fashion. Full featured drivers will delete all associated files, database objects, or whatever is appropriate. The default behavior when no format specific behavior is provided is to attempt to delete all the files that would be returned by GDALRaster$getFileList() on the dataset. The named dataset should not be open in any existing GDALRaster objects when deleteDataset() is called. Wrapper for GDALDeleteDataset() in the GDAL API.

Usage

deleteDataset(filename, format = "")

Value

Logical TRUE if no error or FALSE on failure.

Arguments

filename

Filename to delete (should not be open in a GDALRaster object).

format

Raster format short name (e.g., "GTiff"). If set to empty string "" (the default), will attempt to guess the raster format from filename.

See Also

GDALRaster-class, create(), createCopy(), copyDatasetFiles(), renameDataset()

Examples

b5_file <- system.file("extdata/sr_b5_20200829.tif", package="gdalraster")
b5_tmp <- file.path(tempdir(), "b5_tmp.tif")
file.copy(b5_file,  b5_tmp)

ds <- new(GDALRaster, b5_tmp)
ds$buildOverviews("BILINEAR", levels = c(2, 4, 8), bands = c(1))
files <- ds$getFileList()
print(files)
ds$close()
file.exists(files)
deleteDataset(b5_tmp)
file.exists(files)