gdal_get_driver_md: Get metadata for a GDAL format driver

In gdalraster: Bindings to 'GDAL'

Get metadata for a GDAL format driver

Description

gdal_get_driver_md() returns metadata for a driver.

Usage

gdal_get_driver_md(format, mdi_name = "")

Arguments

format	Character string giving a format driver short name (e.g., "GTiff").
mdi_name	Optional character string giving the name of a specific metadata item. Defaults to empty string ("") meaning fetch all metadata items.

Value

Either a named list of metadata items and their values as character strings, or a single character string if mdi_name is specified. Returns NULL if no metadata items are found for the given inputs.

See Also

getCreationOptions()

Examples

dmd <- gdal_get_driver_md("GTiff")
str(dmd)

gdalraster documentation built on Nov. 19, 2025, 9:07 a.m.