[GRASS-user] Setting GRASS environment variable in a C program - step two

[Glynn Clements]

rabotin wrote:

> If (inside a GRASS session), I access with  v.db.connect -p map=GU0507
> it looks ok :
> 
> Vector map <GU0507 at simon9> is connected by:
> layer <1> table <GU0507> in database 
> </home/rabotin/grassdata/Roujan/simon9/dbf/> through driver <dbf> with 
> key <cat>
> 
> Do you know how to launch a grass command (e.g. v.db.connect) inside a C 
> script
> I try this line in my C progam
> 
> system(v.db.connect -p map=GU0507)
> 
> but I have an error message
> 
> sh: v.db.connect: not found

That indicates the $GISBASE/bin isn't in $PATH.

For a list of envionment variables which may be useful, I suggest
reading this:

http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Working_with_GRASS_without_starting_it_explicitly

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>