[GRASS-dev] Additional switch(es) for <g.mapsets>?

[Nikos Alexandris]

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Nikos:

> > > Or, add an optional switch "-s" or

Hamish:

> fwiw there is already a "-s" switch to launch the selection GUI,

This is cool & handy :-)
 
> > > Currently, in bash-scripting G7, I try first to remove
> > > access to all mapsets but the current (of course) as
> > > follows:
> > > # one-liner!
> > > g.mapsets mapset=$(g.mapsets -p sep=newline | \
> > >   grep -v `g.mapset -p` | tr "\n" ",") operation=remove
 
> why not just like: 
>   g.mapsets mapset=nikos,PERMANENT op=set> 
> ?
> op=set is a replacing action.

yes, why not? :-)

 
Martin wrote:

> > If I understood well, you want something like
> > g.mapsets set=<current_mapset>
> > ?
 
> note that in many places in grass we have:
 
>   g.mlist mapset=.
 
> to reference the current mapset. That doesn't seem to work in
> g.mapsets yet, but it would be pretty easy to add. Then you
> could have in your script a generic:
> 
>   g.mapsets mapset=.,PERMANENT op=set

> if you want to avoid the `eval g.gisenv` step to get the current
> $MAPSET name to feed into g.mapsets's mapset= option.

Yes, much easier with "mapset=." :-)

> ps- should failure to include PERMANENT in a new search path
> produce a warning G_message()? (hushed by --quiet)

you mean in case of "mapset=WhatEverMapset,PERMANENT op=set", right?

Nikos
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