[GRASS-user] Maximum number of GRASS files within a mapset?

[Shaun Walbridge]

Hi,

I seem to be running into a GRASS limitation relating to the maximum 
number of rasters available within a single mapset location, which 
appears to be exactly 32000.  Attempting to create additional rasters 
generates the message:

ERROR: can't make mapset element cell_misc/test00

which seems to be coming from lib/gis/mapset_msc.c:
   if (access (path, 0) != 0)
   G_fatal_error (_("can't make mapset element %s (%s)"), p_element, path);

Is there any way of circumventing this limitation, or is it a hardcoded 
C limitation?

thanks for the help,
Shaun

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Shaun C. Walbridge
GIS Analyst / Information Manager
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
p: 805.570.8714