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

[Moritz Lennert]

On 25/09/08 08:59, Marco Pasetti wrote:
>> Note that IIRC, the automatic GUI creation for commands without 
>> parameters does not work in Windows (Marco, can you confirm ?). So 
>> just calling 'g.region' will probably not work. Try with 'g.region -p'
> 
> if you mean: type a command directly in the shell, that is: not in the 
> GRASS Output GUI command line, but from the shell (cmd or msys) that 
> started GRASS (calling the grass63 command)
> 
> YES, you're definetely right!

That's what I meant. ISTR that this actually worked at one point and 
then stopped working, but I never got around to actually find the problem.


> then, about creating batch processes for GRASS commands, I suggest to 
> create scripts with a Unix-like syntax and then launch them within a 
> GRASS MSYS session:

Personally, I would prefer if we could avoid using Msys as a crutch. 
IMHO, people should be able to run their scripts in their native 
environment. This is why the best bet is probably to write scripts in 
Python.

Moritz