[GRASS-user] Second try, run grass scripts as batch process in Windows

[Moritz Lennert]

On 23/09/08 14:35, Kris Nackaerts wrote:
> Thank's,
> 
> I like the Python option.
> 
> I'm using Python now quite a lot for some processng, and also in pl/python in postGIS. This would fit great.
> 
> But, the documentation keeps confusing me, I read:
> 
> "Sample script for raster access (use within GRASS, Spearfish session): "
> 
> Why is there "use within GRASS". I assume when importing in python, I do not need to be inside GRASS....?

A series of environment variables need to be set for GRASS modules to 
work. "Starting" GRASS means mostly that, i.e. setting these variables.

As Glynn mentioned, you can set them by hand. See 
http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_and_Shell for some instructions.

Moritz