[GRASS-dev] does GRASS need HOME to be defined?

[Helmut Kudrnovsky]

as a follow up of:

https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/2016-November/083125.html

[snip]
>>> what happens if we don't set it in grass.py? I can't try now.
>>
>> tested in winGRASS7.0.5 by commenting out following line:
>>
>> # set HOME
>> #if windows and not os.getenv('HOME'):
>> #    os.environ['HOME'] = os.path.join(os.getenv('HOMEDRIVE'),
>> #                                        os.getenv('HOMEPATH'))
>>
>> in C:\Program Files\GRASS GIS 7.0.5\etc\grass70.py
>>
>> the wxGUI starts, displaying raster and vector works, tested some
>> modules,
>> all worked.
>>
>> but no idea if there may be some more side effect; further no idea if
>> there
>> is probably more to do for the OSGeo4W-version.
>>
>> anyone more insight, if %HOME% is needed in winGRASS?
>
>Done by Glynn in:
>https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/37873

does GRASS need HOME to be defined?

any hints?



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Helmut
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