[GRASS-user] r.patch example in the manual

[Hamish]

Craig Leat wrote:
> I notice the "pattern" option to g.mlist has been shortened to "pat"
> and the "input" and "output" options to gdal sometimes get shortened
> to "in" and "out". Is there a rule one can apply for shortening these
> options and do all GRASS modules understand the short options?

Yes; added as new FAQ entry:
  http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/Module_command_line_parser


    * Option names may be shortened up to the point where they collide.
Thus shortening option names in a module with color= and column=
options would require at minimum colo= and colu=. 

for example:
  input= -> in=   and   output= -> out=



Hamish



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