[GRASS-user] g.mremove error: "Argument list too long"

[Daniel Victoria]

Hi,

How about separating it in smaller chunks.
Try 3 comands first
g.mremove -f rast=*
g.mremove -f vect=*
g.mremove -f region=*

If you still get "argument list to long" you will have to split the
rast/vect/region list once more. I don't know how your rasters are
named but, for example, remove all that starts with the letter a
g.remove -f rast=a*

or some other division

Cheers
Daniel

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am using GRASS for a simulation which generates litrealy thousands
> of layers. Before I start a new simulation, I want to delete all
> existing layers, and I run into th following error message:
>
>>  g.mremove -f rast=* vect=* region=*
> Collecting map names for current mapset <simulation>...
> Forcing ...
> exec: 218: g.remove: Argument list too long
>
> Is there anything I can do? except iterating through all layers and
> deleting them separately?
>
> And if no, How could I do this easily?
>
> Thanks
>
> Rainer
>
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