Writer Directives

This section describes the directives that are recognized by the File Geodatabase writer module.

Each directive is prefixed by the current <WriterKeyword> when placed in a mapping file. Unless otherwise specified, the <WriterKeyword> for the File Geodatabase writer is FILEGDB.

DATASET

This directive specifies the path to the File Geodatabase.

Required/Optional

Required

Mapping File Syntax

<WriterKeyword>_DATASET test.gdb

Workbench Parameter

Destination File Geodatabase

DEF

See Format Parameters.

OVERWRITE_GEODB

If set to YES, deletes the existing database.

Required/Optional

Optional

Mapping File Syntax

<WriterKeyword>_OVERWRITE_GEODB ( YES | NO )

Workbench Parameter

Overwrite Geodatabase