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g.mapset

Changes/reports current mapset.

Optionally create new mapset or list available mapsets in given project (location).

g.mapset [-clp] mapset=name [project=name] [dbase=path] [--overwrite] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--qq] [--ui]

Example:

g.mapset mapset=name

grass.script.run_command("g.mapset", mapset, project=None, dbase=None, flags=None, overwrite=False, verbose=False, quiet=False, superquiet=False)

Example:

gs.run_command("g.mapset", mapset="name")

Parameters

mapset=name [required]
    Name of mapset (default: current search path)
    Name of mapset where to switch
project=name
    Project (location) name
    Project name (not path to project)
dbase=path
    GRASS GIS database directory
    Default: path to the current GRASS GIS database
-c
    Create mapset if it doesn't exist
-l
    List available mapsets and exit
-p
    Print current mapset 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

mapset : str, required
    Name of mapset (default: current search path)
    Name of mapset where to switch
    Used as: output, mapset, name
project : str, optional
    Project (location) name
    Project name (not path to project)
    Used as: input, location, name
dbase : str, optional
    GRASS GIS database directory
    Default: path to the current GRASS GIS database
    Used as: input, dbase, path
flags : str, optional
    Allowed values: c, l, p
    c
        Create mapset if it doesn't exist
    l
        List available mapsets and exit
    p
        Print current mapset and exit
overwrite: bool, optional
    Allow output files to overwrite existing files
    Default: False
verbose: bool, optional
    Verbose module output
    Default: False
quiet: bool, optional
    Quiet module output
    Default: False
superquiet: bool, optional
    Very quiet module output
    Default: False

DESCRIPTION

g.mapset changes the current working mapset, project (formerly known as location), or GISDBASE (directory with one or more projects).

With g.mapset, the shell history (i.e. .bash_history file of the initial project will be used to record the command history.

NOTES

By default, the shell continues to use the history for the old mapset. To change this behaviour the history can be switched to record in the new mapset's history file as follows:

# bash example
history -w
history -r /"$GISDBASE/$LOCATION/$MAPSET"/.bash_history
HISTFILE=/"$GISDBASE/$LOCATION/$MAPSET"/.bash_history

EXAMPLES

To print the name of the current mapset, use the -p command as shown below:

g.mapset -p

List available mapsets

To list available mapsets, use the -l command as shown below:

g.mapset -l

This should list all the mapsets, such as: "landsat new PERMANENT user1."

Change the current mapset

To change the current mapset to "user1" use the following command:

g.mapset mapset=user1 project=nc_spm_08_grass7

You should receive the following message: "Mapset switched. Your shell continues to use the history for the old mapset."

Create a new mapset

To create a new mapset, use the -c tag as shown below:

g.mapset -c mapset=new project=nc_spm_08_grass7

SEE ALSO

g.gisenv, g.mapsets

AUTHOR

Radim Blazek

SOURCE CODE

Available at: g.mapset source code (history)
Latest change: Friday Feb 07 19:16:09 2025 in commit a82a39f