Hi On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Frank Warmerdam <warmer...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Tim Sutton <li...@linfiniti.com> wrote: >> >> Yes thats why I was asking if the file permissions exist to write the >> aux.xml. If they don't behaviour should be the same as prior to my >> native raster stats commits i.e. stats will be recalced each time you >> open a project / add a layer and trigger something that needs the >> stats. > > Tim, and others, > > By the way, there is a mechanism in GDAL to support storing .aux.xml > information in an alternative directory when the file cannot be > created on the target directory due to permissions, read-only media, etc. > > This is enabled by setting the GDAL_PAM_PROXY_DIR option to > point to a directory where files can be written. If there is a place > known to QGIS that would be good for this, it might make sense > to take advantage of this. >
Oh great tip thanks! I have implemented support for this in master / commit 89ddd03b. BTW referencing your chat on IRC, AFAIK we are still using the C api for GDAL everywhere. Regards Tim > 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 Software Developer > -- Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) ============================================== Please do not email me off-list with technical support questions. Using the lists will gain more exposure for your issues and the knowledge surrounding your issue will be shared with all. Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about: * QGIS programming and support services * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans * FOSS Consulting Services Skype: timlinux Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net ============================================== _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer