1g.findfile(1)               GRASS GIS User's Manual              g.findfile(1)
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NAME

6       g.findfile  - Searches for GRASS data base files and sets variables for
7       the shell.
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KEYWORDS

10       general, map management, scripts
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SYNOPSIS

13       g.findfile
14       g.findfile --help
15       g.findfile [-nl] element=string file=string  [mapset=string]   [--help]
16       [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]
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18   Flags:
19       -n
20           Do not add quotes
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22       -l
23           List available elements and exit
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25       --help
26           Print usage summary
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28       --verbose
29           Verbose module output
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31       --quiet
32           Quiet module output
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34       --ui
35           Force launching GUI dialog
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37   Parameters:
38       element=string [required]
39           Name of an element
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41       file=string [required]
42           Name of an existing map
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44       mapset=string
45           Name of a mapset (default: search path)
46           ’.’ for current mapset
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DESCRIPTION

49       g.findfile  is designed for Bourne shell or Python scripts that need to
50       search for mapset elements, including: raster, vector maps, region def‐
51       initions and imagery groups.
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53       The  list of element names to search for is not fixed; any subdirectory
54       of the mapset directory is a valid element name.
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56       However, the user can find the list of standard GRASS element names  in
57       the  file  $GISBASE/etc/element_list.  This is the file which g.remove,
58       g.rename and g.copy use to determine which files need to be deleted/re‐
59       named/copied for a given entity type.
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NOTES

62       g.findfile writes four lines to standard output:
63       name=’file_name’
64       mapset=’mapset_name’
65       file=’unix_filename’
66       fullname=’grass_fullname’
67       The  output is Bash commands to set the variable name to the GRASS data
68       base file name, mapset to the mapset in which  the  file  resides,  and
69       file to the full UNIX path name for the named file. These variables may
70       be set in the Bash as follows:
71       eval `g.findfile element=name mapset=name file=name`
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EXAMPLES

74   SHELL
75       Raster map example:
76       eval `g.findfile element=cell file=elevation`
77       If the specified file (here: raster map) does not exist, the  variables
78       will be set as follows:
79       name=
80       mapset=
81       fullname=
82       file=
83       The following is a way to test for this case:
84       if [ ! "$file" ]
85       then
86            exit 1
87       fi
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89       Vector map example (including error message):
90       eval `g.findfile element=vector file="$G_OPT_V_INPUT"`
91       if [ ! "$file" ] ; then
92          g.message -e "Vector map <$G_OPT_V_INPUT> not found"
93          exit 1
94       fi
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96   PYTHON
97       See Python Scripting Library for more info.
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99       Note:  The Python tab in the wxGUI can be used for entering the follow‐
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102       import grass.script as gcore
103       gcore.find_file(’elevation’, element = ’cell’)
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SEE ALSO

106        g.filename, g.gisenv, g.mapsets, g.parser
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AUTHOR

109       Michael Shapiro, U.S.Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
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SOURCE CODE

112       Available at: g.findfile source code (history)
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114       Accessed: Mon Jun 20 16:45:51 2022
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