Using GRASS commands form unix prompt

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

Hi,
I would like to call some GRASS programs (without starting the GRASS Shell)
from other programs that I am writing in FORTRAN.
I recall that there were some previous mention about doing this be cannot
locate the info in the ML archives.

Thanks

Justin Hickey wrote:

> Hello Venkatesh
>
> On Jan 26, 10:57am, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:
> > Is there a way of setting up GRASS so that I can use the GRASS commands
> > directly from the UNIX prompt. I faintly recall that there was some
> > suggestion for doing this sometime on this ML but I am unable to locate the
> > answer now.
>
> Why can't you use the standard grass commnad line interface (running
> grass4.2.1)? When you run this command it provides you with a unix shell
> capable of running any unix command. The only difference between this shell and
> a regular unix shell is that there are GRASS environment variables set that
> allow the grass commands to run.
>
> Is there another problem you are having?
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Jazzman (a.k.a. Justin Hickey)  e-mail: jhickey at hpcc.nectec.or.th
> High Performance Computing Center
> National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)
> Bangkok, Thailand
> ==================================================================
> People who think they know everything are very irritating to those
> of us who do.  ---Anonymous
>
> Jazz and Trek Rule!!!
> ==================================================================