[GRASSLIST:6003] Re: Problem using r.in.ascii

[Markus Neteler]

On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 12:34:44PM -0800, Victor Wren wrote:
> Never mind this message.  After fighting with it all day yesterday, I 
> discovered a mask file that I had forgotten about because I've slept since 
> then.  I only figured it out about it when I tried to draw a new mask file 
> for surfacing, and THAT wouldn't display.
> 
> NUTS!!

What if there were the work 'MASK' or just 'M' in the GRASS prompt?
I was fighing with the same problem recently ...

Something like
 GRASS:~ >
and
 GRASS(M):~ >

in case a MASK is present. Maybe there is a possibility to
add a file check to
PS1='GRASS:\w > '
?

Markus