Multiple sessions in GRASS: I do it this way.

[Andrea Giacomelli]

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So,

The idea is that GRASS will run under only one single HOME,
so if you define for different terminals you start it from a
different HOME, you can run multiple sessions, with two obvious
remarks:

1- careful about working on the same location from two sessions!
2- other programs looking at the value for HOME may get into
trouble.

I have not experienced any problems or conflicts to date, but
anything can happen...

However, I still think this thing is useful. My big nuisance is having
to check the results of some rectification: you have to quit, enter,
quit and enter all day long. This way, it works out much smoother.




I made up a very simple script; obviously you can figure out anything
more (or less) automated.
Having a directory ~/.gsessions with one subdirectory for each possible
session (I made s1 s2 and s3), I made linked copies of ~/.grassrc and
~/.grass.cshrc in each of these subdirs.
This way I start GRASS from something like this:

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#
if($#argv == 0) then
echo "Usage: G [1|2|3]"
echo "Where 1,2 or 3 is the session number"
exit -1
endif

setenv HOME ~/.gsessions/s$argv[1]
grass4.1
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Enjoy, and let me know how you get along.


Cheers,



-- 
                        Andrea Giacomelli
                        andreag at idra6.iar.polimi.it
                        http://idra6.iar.polimi.it:8080/~andreag