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v.external.all

Links all OGR layers available in given OGR datasource.

v.external.all [-l] input=string [--overwrite] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--qq] [--ui]

Example:

v.external.all input=string

grass.script.run_command("v.external.all", input, flags=None, overwrite=None, verbose=None, quiet=None, superquiet=None)

Example:

gs.run_command("v.external.all", input="string")

grass.tools.Tools.v_external_all(input, flags=None, overwrite=None, verbose=None, quiet=None, superquiet=None)

Example:

tools = Tools()
tools.v_external_all(input="string")

This grass.tools API is experimental in version 8.5 and expected to be stable in version 8.6.

Parameters

input=string [required]
    Name of input OGR or PostGIS data source
-l
    List available layers in data source and exit
--overwrite
    Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--help
    Print usage summary
--verbose
    Verbose module output
--quiet
    Quiet module output
--qq
    Very quiet module output
--ui
    Force launching GUI dialog

input : str, required
    Name of input OGR or PostGIS data source
flags : str, optional
    Allowed values: l
    l
        List available layers in data source and exit
overwrite : bool, optional
    Allow output files to overwrite existing files
    Default: None
verbose : bool, optional
    Verbose module output
    Default: None
quiet : bool, optional
    Quiet module output
    Default: None
superquiet : bool, optional
    Very quiet module output
    Default: None

input : str, required
    Name of input OGR or PostGIS data source
flags : str, optional
    Allowed values: l
    l
        List available layers in data source and exit
overwrite : bool, optional
    Allow output files to overwrite existing files
    Default: None
verbose : bool, optional
    Verbose module output
    Default: None
quiet : bool, optional
    Quiet module output
    Default: None
superquiet : bool, optional
    Very quiet module output
    Default: None

Returns:

result : grass.tools.support.ToolResult | None
If the tool produces text as standard output, a ToolResult object will be returned. Otherwise, None will be returned.

DESCRIPTION

v.external.all creates (using v.external) in the current mapset new pseudo-vector maps for all OGR layers from given OGR datasource (input option).

EXAMPLES

PostGIS

List available feature tables in given PostGIS database

v.external.all -l input=PG:dbname=pgis_nc

PostGIS database contains 55 feature table(s):
boundary_county
boundary_municp
bridges
busroute1
busroute11
busroute6
busroute_a
busroutesall
busstopsall
censusblk_swwake
census_wake2000
...

Create links (ie. pseudo-vector maps) in the current mapset for all PostGIS feature tables

v.external.all input=PG:dbname=pgis_nc

Esri Shapefile

v.external.all -l input=~/geodata/ncshape/
Data source (format 'ESRI Shapefile')
contains 44 layers:
poi_names_wake
schools_wake
urbanarea
geodetic_swwake_pts
usgsgages
busroute_a
busroute6
hospitals
...
v.external.all -l input=~/geodata/ncshape/

AUTHOR

Martin Landa, Czech Technical University in Prague

SOURCE CODE

Available at: v.external.all source code (history)
Latest change: Thursday Feb 20 13:02:26 2025 in commit 53de819