Joel Odom wrote:
I've discovered that when I use OGRSFDriverRegistrar::Open to open a Shapefile, the file remains locked so that another process can't open the file until after I've called OGRDataSource::DestroyDataSource. Is there any way to prevent the file from being locked? Thanks!
Joel, Modern versions of GDAL/OGR route the open request for .shp and .dbf files through VSIFOpenL(). The Win32 implmentation calls CreateFile() with the sharing flags: FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE As far as I know, this means that any other application which also tries to open the files allowing shared access should be ok. Is it possible you are using quite an old version of GDAL/OGR? Or that the other application is requesting exclusive access? Best regards, -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmer...@pobox.com light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Programmer for Rent _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev
