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NAME

       g.gisenv  - Outputs and modifies the user’s current GRASS variable settings.
       Prints all defined GRASS variables if no option is given.

KEYWORDS

       general, settings, variables, scripts

SYNOPSIS

       g.gisenv
       g.gisenv --help
       g.gisenv        [-sn]         [get=variable[,variable,...]]         [set="variable=value"]
       [unset=variable[,variable,...]]     [store=string]     [separator=character]      [--help]
       [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]

   Flags:
       -s
           Use shell syntax (for "eval")

       -n
           Do not use shell syntax

       --help
           Print usage summary

       --verbose
           Verbose module output

       --quiet
           Quiet module output

       --ui
           Force launching GUI dialog

   Parameters:
       get=variable[,variable,...]
           GRASS variable to get

       set="variable=value"
           GRASS variable to set

       unset=variable[,variable,...]
           GRASS variable to unset

       store=string
           Where GRASS variable is stored
           Options: gisrc, mapset
           Default: gisrc

       separator=character
           Separator for multiple GRASS variables
           Special characters: pipe, comma, space, tab, newline
           Default: newline

DESCRIPTION

       When  a  user  runs  GRASS,  certain  variables  are  set  specifying the GRASS data base,
       location, mapset, peripheral device  drivers,  etc.,  being  used  in  the  current  GRASS
       session.  These  variable  name  settings  are recognized as long as the user is running a
       GRASS session.

OPTIONS

       No prompts are given to the user when running g.gisenv.

       If run without arguments,  g.gisenv  lists  all  of  the  user’s  current  GRASS  variable
       settings. Results are sent to standard output, and may look like this:
       GISDBASE=/opt/grassdata/
       LOCATION_NAME=nc_spm_08_grass7
       MAPSET=/user1
       GUI=gui

       If the user specifies a get=variable_name on the command line
       g.gisenv MAPSET
       only  the  value for that particular GRASS variable is output to standard output. Possible
       variable names depend on the user’s system, see variables list for details. Note that  the
       variable names are case-insensitive.

       While  other  variables  may  be  associated  with  each  GRASS  session (e.g., GRASS_GUI,
       GIS_LOCK, and other variables), those stated below are essential.

       GISDBASE
           The GISDBASE is a directory in which all users’ GRASS  data  are  stored.  Within  the
           GISDBASE,  data  are  segregated into subdirectories (called "locations") based on the
           map coordinate system used and the geographic extent of  the  data.   Each  "location"
           directory  itself contains subdirectories called "mapsets"; each "mapset" stores "data
           base elements" - the directories (e.g., the cell, cellhd, vector,  etc.,  directories)
           in which GRASS data files are actually stored.

       LOCATION_NAME
           The  user  must  choose to work with the data under a single GRASS location within any
           given GRASS session; this location is then called the current GRASS location,  and  is
           specified  by  the  variable  LOCATION_NAME.  The LOCATION_NAME is the GRASS data base
           location whose data will be affected by any GRASS commands issued  during  the  user’s
           current  GRASS session, and is a subdirectory of the current GISDBASE. Each "location"
           directory can contain multiple "mapset"  directories  (including  the  special  mapset
           PERMANENT).   Maps  stored  under the same GRASS LOCATION_NAME (and/or within the same
           MAPSET) must use the same coordinate system and typically fall within  the  boundaries
           of the same geographic region (aka, "location").

       MAPSET
           Each  "mapset" contains a set of maps relevant to the LOCATION_NAME directory in which
           it appears.  Each LOCATION_NAME can contain  multiple  mapsets.  (Mapsets  which  fall
           under  the  same  LOCATION_NAME  all  contain  data  geographically  relevant  to  the
           LOCATION_NAME, and all store data in the same map coordinate system.  Frequently, maps
           are  placed  into  different  mapsets  to distinguish file ownership - e.g., each user
           might have one or more own mapset(s), storing any  maps  that  the  user  has  created
           and/or  are relevant to the own work.) During each GRASS session, the user must choose
           one mapset to be the current mapset; the current mapset setting is  given  by  MAPSET,
           and  is  a subdirectory of LOCATION_NAME.  During a single GRASS session, the user can
           use available data in any of  the  mapsets  stored  under  the  current  LOCATION_NAME
           directory  that  are  in  the  user’s  mapset  search path and accessible by the user.
           However, within a single GRASS session, the user only has write access to data  stored
           under the current mapset (specified by the variable MAPSET).

       Each  "mapset"  stores GRASS data base elements (i.e., the directories in which GRASS data
       files are stored).  Any maps created or modified by the user in the current GRASS  session
       will  be  stored here. The MAPSET directory PERMANENT is generally reserved for the set of
       maps that form the base set for all users working under each LOCATION_NAME.

       Once within a GRASS session, GRASS users have access only to the data under a single GRASS
       data base directory (the current GRASS data base, specified by the variable GISDBASE), and
       to a single GRASS location directory (the current  location,  specified  by  the  variable
       LOCATION_NAME).  Within a single session, the user may only modify the data in the current
       mapset (specified by the variable MAPSET), but may use data available under other  mapsets
       under the same LOCATION_NAME.

       All of these names must be legal names on the user’s current system.

       The  full  path  to  the current mapset is determined from GISDBASE, LOCATION_NAME, MAPSET
       variables, in the example above: /opt/grassdata/spearfish/PERMANENT. The full path can  be
       printed using g.gisenv by providing multiple variables:
       g.gisenv get=GISDBASE,LOCATION_NAME,MAPSET sep=’/’
       /opt/grassdata/nc_spm_08_grass7/user1

NOTES

       The  output  from g.gisenv when invoked without arguments is directly usable by Bash.  The
       following command will cast each variable into the UNIX environment:
       eval `g.gisenv`
       This works only for Bash, sh, ksh, etc. The format of the output is  not  compatible  with
       some other UNIX shells.

       By default the GRASS variables are stored in gisrc file (defined by environmental variable
       GISRC).   If   store=mapset   is   given   than    the    variables    are    stored    in
       $GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/VAR.

   GRASS Debugging
       To print debugging messages, the variable DEBUG must be set to level equal or greater than
       0:
       g.gisenv set="DEBUG=3"
       Levels: (recommended levels)

           •   0 - silence

           •   1 - message is printed once or few times per module

           •   3 - each row (raster) or line (vector)

           •   5 - each cell (raster) or point (vector)
       To disable debugging messages:
       g.gisenv unset="DEBUG"
       The variable DEBUG controls debugging messages from GRASS libraries and modules.

       Similarly WX_DEBUG controls debugging messages from wxGUI.

SEE ALSO

        g.access, g.filename, g.findfile, g.mapsets

       See also variables list

AUTHOR

       Michael Shapiro, U.S.Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

SOURCE CODE

       Available at: g.gisenv source code (history)

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