[GRASS5] Raster files suggestion: new directory layout

[Hamish]

> > > > - user can easily copy a map into another machine
> > > >   (say, for backup reasons or whatever)
> > >
> > > For a quick way of copying maps now try: r.out.mat, copy the map file
> > > to a new machine, then use r.in.mat. I guess you could do GeoTIFF or
> > > something else as well, but this is quick and easy. Things like the
> > > cats/, colr/, and hist/ files don't get included (yet).
> > 
> > This is exactly missing. When I have to backup or to copy the map
> > to a friend's computer, I need the full copy. Currently the only
> > way is to use 'find' or manual file selection.
> 
> Well writing an import/export module that included all the components of
> the raster would be a lot less trouble than changing the file structure
> IMHO... (and easier to explain to less experienced users how to use it).


This probably needs a bit more debugging, but....

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Hamish
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