[POSIBLESPAM]: [GRASS-user] test if raster/vector exists (in Perl)

[José Antonio Ruiz Arias]

Try with ‘g.findfile element=cell file=<your_raster_name>’ in a Perl pipe.
If the module returns a series of empty strings, your raster does not exist.
I used it in Python in a way like this:

 

if os.popen(‘g.findfile element=cell file=%s’ %
<raster_name>,’r’).readlines()[0][:-1].split(‘=’)[1]:

            <the raster exists>

else:

            <the raster does not exist>

 

although you use Perl I suppose it will be similar (I hope).

 

Cheers,

 

Jose A.

 

 

De: grassuser-bounces at grass.itc.it [mailto:grassuser-bounces at grass.itc.it]
En nombre de M S
Enviado el: martes, 14 de agosto de 2007 18:42
Para: GRASS user list
Asunto: [POSIBLESPAM]: [GRASS-user] test if raster/vector exists (in Perl)

 

I have a Perl program that loops through the r.lake module, and captures
output.  In the program, there are a few instances where I would like to
test if a given raster already exists.  In perl, its something like this to
test if a file exists ... if (-e "filename") { do stuff }.

is there a way to use this feature against a raster?  Otherwise, I was going
to do something like r.info and pipe the output to a file.  then search that
the file for some keyword indicating it exists or doesnt exist.

any other ideas or approaches?


thanks,
Mark

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