R: File types for writing

writeFormats {raster} | R Documentation

## File types for writing

### Description

List supported file types for writing RasterLayer values to disk.

When a function writes a file to disk, the file format is determined by the 'format=' argument if supplied, or else by the file extension (if the extension is known). If other cases the default format is used. The 'factory-fresh' default format is 'raster', but this can be changed using `rasterOptions`.

### Usage

    writeFormats()

### Details

writeFormats returns a matrix of the file formats (the "drivers") that are supported.

Supported formats include:

| File type | Long name | default extension | Multiband support
| `raster` | 'Native' raster package format | .grd | Yes
| `ascii` | ESRI Ascii | .asc | No
| `SAGA` | SAGA GIS | .sdat | No
| `IDRISI` | IDRISI | .rst | No
| `CDF` | netCDF (requires ncdf4) | .nc | Yes
| `GTiff` | GeoTiff (requires rgdal) | .tif | Yes
| `ENVI` | ENVI .hdr Labelled | .envi | Yes
| `EHdr` | ESRI .hdr Labelled | .bil | Yes
| `HFA` | Erdas Imagine Images (.img) | .img | Yes

### See Also

`GDALDriver-class`

### Examples

    writeFormats()

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