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NAME
grass60 - The GRASS startup program
SYNOPSIS
grass60 [-] [-v] [-h | -help | --help] [-text | -tcltk -gui] [[[/]/] ]
DESCRIPTION
ArraySince GRASS programs require a specific environment, this program
must be called before any other GRASS program can run. The command line arguments are optional and provide the user with a
method to indicate the desired user interface, as well as the desired mapset to work on.
FEATURES
Arrayexists and that you can access it successfully. If any of these
checks fail, then grass60 will automatically switch back to the
text user interface mode.
OPTIONS
- ArrayNote You must specify one of the following
- MAPSET
- LOCATION_NAME/MAPSET
- GISDBASE/LOCATION_NAME/MAPSET
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
Arrayder $HOME/bin. You can use the above variables to have GRASS use
the Tcl/Tk 8.3 binaries instead.
GRASS_TCLSH = $HOME/bin/tclsh8.3
Arraytributes through the standard release of GRASS.
GRASS_ADDON_PATH=/usr/mytools
GRASS_ADDON_PATH=/usr/mytools:/usr/local/othertools
ArrayGISDBASE = /usr/local/share/grassdata
LOCATION_NAME = spearfish60
MAPSET = PERMANENT
Start GRASS with the following command:
grass60
ArrayGISDBASE = /usr/local/share/grassdata
LOCATION_NAME = spearfish60
MAPSET = PERMANENT
Start GRASS with the following command:
grass60 /usr/home/grass/data/thailand/forests
ArrayGISDBASE = /usr/local/share/grassdata
LOCATION_NAME = spearfish60
MAPSET = PERMANENT
Start GRASS with the following command:
grass60 swamps
ArrayGISDBASE = /usr/local/share/grassdata
LOCATION_NAME = spearfish60
MAPSET = PERMANENT
Start GRASS with the following command:
grass60 thailand/forests
- Arraylocation and mapset overrides the environment variables LOCATION_NAME and MAPSET.
Note - Note that you will need to set these variables using the
- appropriate method required for the UNIX shell that you use.
EXAMPLES
- Arrayables.
Other examples - See the Location Environment Variables section for
- further examples.
BUGS AND CAVEAT
Arrayis the first version found in your $PATH variable. GRASS searches
your $PATH variable until it finds the first version of wish.
FILES
$UNIX_BIN/grass60 - GRASS startup program
- Array$GISBASE/tcltkgrass/script/gis_set.tcl - Tcl/Tk script to
- set the location and mapset to use. Called by Init.sh
SEE ALSO
List of implemented GRASS environment variables.
GRASS Web site
AUTHORS (of this page)
Justin Hickey
Markus Neteler
Last changed: $Date: 2005/05/06 12:50:17 $