Export shapefile to MapInfo file using Python OGR

Question

I'm trying to save/copy a shapefile to a .tab format with Python OGR. Every attempts give me the following error:

RuntimeError: CreateFeature() failed: cannot re-write already existing feature 1

When I try to export the shapefile to another shapefile it's working perfectly.

Here is my code:

import os, sys
from osgeo import ogr
path_script = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])
shp_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(path_script), "shapefiles", "arrondissement_ExportFeature.shp")
ogr.UseExceptions()
driver = ogr.GetDriverByName('ESRI Shapefile')
inds = driver.Open(shp_path, 0)
if inds is None:
 sys.Exit("impossible douvrir le fichier")
inLayer = inds.GetLayer(0)
driver_out = ogr.GetDriverByName("MapInfo File")
outds = driver_out.CreateDataSource("outLast.tab")
outlyr = outds.CreateLayer("outLast", inLayer.GetSpatialRef(), ogr.wkbPolygon)
outlyr.CreateFields(inLayer.schema)
out_defn = outlyr.GetLayerDefn()
out_feat = ogr.Feature(out_defn)
for in_feat in inLayer:
 geom=in_feat.geometry()
 out_feat.SetGeometry(geom)
 for i in range(in_feat.GetFieldCount()):
 value = in_feat.GetField(i)
 out_feat.SetField(i, value)
 outlyr.CreateFeature(out_feat)
del inds
del outds

Answer 1

I found the solution. out_feat = ogr.Feature(out_defn) has to be inside the loop for in_feat in inLayer: