gdal_version: Get GDAL version

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Get GDAL version

Description

gdal_version() returns a character vector of GDAL runtime version information. gdal_version_num() returns only the full version number (gdal_version()[2]) as an integer value.

Usage

gdal_version()

gdal_version_num()

Value

gdal_version() returns a character vector of length four containing:

• "–version" - one line version message, e.g., “GDAL 3.6.3, released 2023/03/12”

• "GDAL_VERSION_NUM" - formatted as a string, e.g., “3060300” for GDAL 3.6.3.0

• "GDAL_RELEASE_DATE" - formatted as a string, e.g., “20230312”

• "GDAL_RELEASE_NAME" - e.g., “3.6.3”

gdal_version_num() returns as.integer(gdal_version()[2])

Examples

gdal_version()

gdal_version_num()

gdalraster documentation built on June 8, 2025, 12:37 p.m.