vsi_is_local: Returns if the file/filesystem is "local".

In gdalraster: Bindings to 'GDAL'

Returns if the file/filesystem is "local".

Description

vsi_is_local() returns whether the file/filesystem is "local". Wrapper for VSIIsLocal() in the GDAL API. Requires GDAL >= 3.6.

Usage

vsi_is_local(filename)

Arguments

filename

Character string. The path of the filesystem object to be tested.

Value

Logical scalar. TRUE if if the input file path is local.

Note

The concept of local is mostly by opposition with a network / remote file system whose access time can be long.

/vsimem/ is considered to be a local file system, although a non-persistent one.

Examples

# Requires GDAL >= 3.6
if (gdal_version_num() >= gdal_compute_version(3, 6, 0))
  print(vsi_is_local("/vsimem/test-mem-file.tif"))

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