[GRASSLIST:8246] Re: i.rectify taking a looooon time

[Hamish]

> > newer versions of i.rectify run in
> > the foreground and report percentage complete.

> ...and now I have to sit and waste my time until the job is finished!
> a background-job, as the older versions have, would be a nice idea,
> since one could utilise the time to prepare the next image.
> Escpecially, this is a drawback for i.ortho.photo in grass6,
> since it could be used solely interactively!


If you want to background it yourself just hit Ctrl-z then type 'bg' at
the prompt. Redirect stderr to /dev/null if you don't want to see the
percentage done status messages.

I think "we'll email you when it is done" is a lot weirder.


Hamish