Folks, I have modified GDALDriverManager::~GDALDriverManager() so that when it is destroyed it will first close all still-open GDAL datasets. A debug message will be issued for each dataset force-closed.
This is part of an effort to ensure a clean shutdown and to make it easier to detect memory leaks in some situations. This is not a completely safe operation. In particular, if there are VRT files referencing other GDALDataset's the referenced dataset may be cleaned up before the referencing dataset which would be bad. I need this primarily for cleanup in MapServer where GDAL datasets are now normally left open (CLOSE_CONNECTION=DEFER). If this automatic dataset description causes problems we can disable or remove it before the GDAL 1.9 release. But it seems relatively harmless to incorporate in trunk for the time being. http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/changeset/21662 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