[GRASS-user] Deleting Project Locations

[Kurt Springs]

Thanks.  Switching locations solved the problem.  Yes I got the open/ 
create screen.

Thanks for the help

Kurt
On Dec 21, 2007, at 9:24 AM, William Kyngesburye wrote:

> Yes, it will remember the last location you had open, and give you  
> this "error".  But it should be harmless, and after picking a new  
> or existing location to open you shouldn't get the error the next  
> time.
>
> Is GRASS not starting after getting this error?  Do you not get the  
> open/create location screen?
>
> On Dec 21, 2007, at 7:44 AM, Kurt Springs wrote:
>
>> Sorry it took so long to get back to you.  I traveling home  
>> yesterday.
>>
>> Here is the strange part.  I created the locations on my G4 laptop  
>> a few days a ago and wanted to delete them.  When I launched  
>> GRASS-6.3 again I got the following message in Terminal:
>>
>> kurt-springs-powerbook-g4-17:~ kurtsprings$ '/Applications/Grass/ 
>> GRASS-6.3.app/Contents/MacOS/grass.sh'; exit
>> Rebuilding Addon HTML manual pages index...
>> Rebuilding Addon menu...
>> Cleaning up temporary files.....
>> access: No such file or directory
>> ERROR: LOCATION << /Users/kurtsprings/grassdata/Connaght_Ulster >>  
>> not
>>       available
>> Starting GRASS ...
>>
>> I also got a pop up window with the heading "WARNING: invalid  
>> location"
>> !   Warning: location <Connaght_Ulster> at GISBASE </Users/ 
>> kurtsprings/grassdata> is not a directory or does not exist.
>>
>> When I put it back it is happy.  I have another location called  
>> Connaught_Ulster that I can move to the trash without any problems  
>> that I created at the same time.  I was not able to create a  
>> projection for the Connaght_Ulster location and GRASS does  
>> complain about that when ever it it is launched (which is why I  
>> want to delete it).   Could that have something to do with it?
>>
>> Also, I tried removing locations from my big computer at my  
>> apartment without any trouble.
>>
>> Any ideas.
>>
>> Kurt
>>
>>
>> On Dec 19, 2007, at 8:41 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
>>
>>> It *should* be as simple as dragging them to the trash.  How is  
>>> that not working?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 19, 2007, at 7:21 PM, Kurt Springs wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a number of project locations that I want to delete.  I  
>>>> am running OS X 10.4.11.  I just figured out that it isn't as  
>>>> simple as dragging them to the trash.  Do you use unix commands  
>>>> in Terminal, or does this have to be done within GRASS itself?
>>>>
>>>> Kurt
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>>>
>>
>
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