[GRASSLIST:3748] Re: switching location

[Glynn Clements]

Anil Kumar Bhagat wrote:

> Is is possible to switch  one  LOCATION to another while
> runing the grass . If yes please suggest .

Partially. With pre4 and later, using any of:

	g.gisenv set=GISDBASE=newdbase
	g.gisenv set=LOCATION_NAME=newlocation
	g.gisenv set=MAPSET=newmapset

will mostly work.

Things which won't work correctly include:

1. Monitor state (resizing, d.save, d.redraw etc). You may as well run
"d.erase" when changing location, as the stored state is no longer
usable.

2. Existing NVIZ and tcltkgrass sessions won't recognise the change of
location; they will continue to use the old location.

3. The shell history (.bash_history) will be saved in the original
mapset directory.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>