gdal_translate syntax windows command line

Question

I am trying to extract a band from a MODIS hdf file on windows with gdal_translate.

Here's my prompt:

gdal_translate -of GTiff "HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:\"MOD13A2.A2009001.h17v08.005.2009020092120.hdf\":MODIS_Grid_16DAY_1km_VI:1km 16 days NDVI" NDVI.tif

However I get:

ERROR 4: `'HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:MOD11A2.A2009001.h17v07.005.2009014044746.hdf:MODIS
_Grid_8Day_1km_LST:LST_Day_1km'' does not exist in the file system,
and is not recognised as a supported dataset name.

GDALOpen failed - 4
`'HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:MOD11A2.A2009001.h17v07.005.2009014044746.hdf:MODIS_Grid_8Da
y_1km_LST:LST_Day_1km'' does not exist in the file system,
and is not recognised as a supported dataset name.

I imagine it's something to do with my syntax being a bit 'iffy' though it seems perfectly fine to me

Help much appreciated

Answer 1

No need to escape the double quotes. The following works (in Win XP):

gdal_translate "HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MOD13A2.A2009001.h17v08.005.2009020092120.hdf":MODIS_Grid_16DAY_1km_VI:1km 16 days NDVI" NDVI.tif

Also note that GTiff is the default output format and doesn't need to be specified.

Answer 2

Avoid the : in the files name. It may be treated by the Windows Operating system as drive delimiter.