R: how to write a raster to disk without auxiliary file?

Question

I\'m writing a dataset to file in ERMapper format (.ers) using the Raster package in R, but I\'m having issues with the resulting .aux.xml auxiliary file (which I\'m actuall

Answer 1

Options related to the GDAL file format drivers can be set using the (not so easy to find) rgdal::setCPLConfigOption function.

In your case,

rgdal::setCPLConfigOption("GDAL_PAM_ENABLED", "FALSE")

should disable the xml file creation.

HTH