[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2475: g.findfile type/element support not clear

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#2475: g.findfile type/element support not clear
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 Reporter:  wenzeslaus                                                                |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect                                                                    |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal                                                                    |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
Component:  Default                                                                   |     Version:  unspecified              
 Keywords:  g.findfile, find_file, types, elements, cell, fcell, dcell, rast, rast3d  |    Platform:  Unspecified              
      Cpu:  Unspecified                                                               |  
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Comment(by glynn):

 Replying to [ticket:2475 wenzeslaus]:

 > What is the right behavior? It seems that there is a difference between
 element and type, is this true? What is appropriate for `g.findfile`? What
 would be the value for `file` key if `g.findfile` would support
 `type=rast` etc. instead of `element=cell|fcell|dcell`? What about 3D
 rasters?

 The argument to element= should be the name of an actual element (e.g.
 cell), not the alias (e.g. rast).

 But -l probably shouldn't be listing the aliases. I'm not sure the -l flag
 should even exist.

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