[GRASS5] [bug #4331] (grass) delete if file exist - flag

[Martin Wegmann]

Hello Michael, 

to which command do you refer? I looked into the man pages and found no -o 
flag there and tried it inside GRASS with r.resample/r.rescale/r.rescale but 
received everytime the "-o is not a valid flag". 

stop wait; I tried it with --o (two dashes) and it works. 
Why two dashes and not one as every other flag? 

thanks for pointing me to it. 

Shall I (or somebody else) add "--o" to all r.* html pages? 

regards, Martin

On Tuesday 25 April 2006 17:43, Michael Barton wrote:
> You're in luck. This DOES exist.
>
> Just add --o to the end of a command and it will force an overwrite of any
> existing file.
>
> Michael
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> > From: Request Tracker <grass-bugs at intevation.de>
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> > Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:37:29 +0200 (CEST)
> > To: <grass5 at grass.itc.it>
> > Subject: [GRASS5] [bug #4331] (grass) delete if file exist - flag
> >
> > this bug's URL: http://intevation.de/rt/webrt?serial_num=4331
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Subject: delete if file exist - flag
> >
> > Platform: GNU/Linux/x86
> > grass obtained from: Trento Italy site
> > grass binary for platform: Compiled from Sources
> > GRASS Version: cvs 24.04.2006
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > a flag for each module to delete a raster/vector if the file already
> > exists would be good.
> > A hidden g.remove with the respective name would do the job. That would
> > make it easier for users to play with certain settings and not
> > substituting each time the old name or run g.remove.
> >
> > BTW the delete file handling is not consistent (but I think that has been
> > discussed earlier) r.mapcalc is just overwriting the file but e.g.
> > r.rescale does prompt an error message that the file exist.
> >
> > regards, Martin
> >
> >
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