NAME

       g.rename  - Renames data base element files in the user’s current mapset.

KEYWORDS

       general, map management, rename

SYNOPSIS

       g.rename
       g.rename --help
       g.rename    [raster=from,to]    [raster_3d=from,to]    [vector=from,to]    [label=from,to]
       [region=from,to]    [group=from,to]    [--overwrite]   [--help]   [--verbose]    [--quiet]
       [--ui]

   Flags:
       --overwrite
           Allow output files to overwrite existing files

       --help
           Print usage summary

       --verbose
           Verbose module output

       --quiet
           Quiet module output

       --ui
           Force launching GUI dialog

   Parameters:
       raster=from,to
           raster map(s) to be renamed

       raster_3d=from,to
           3D raster map(s) to be renamed

       vector=from,to
           vector map(s) to be renamed

       label=from,to
           paint label file(s) to be renamed

       region=from,to
           region definition(s) to be renamed

       group=from,to
           imagery group(s) to be renamed

DESCRIPTION

       g.rename  allows  the user to rename data base element files in the user’s current mapset.
       The user can specify all necessary  information  to  g.rename  on  the  command  line,  by
       specifying:   the  type  of  data  base  element  to  be renamed (one or more of:  raster,
       raster_3d, vector, icon, labels, region, and group); the  specific  file  element  in  the
       current  mapset  to be renamed (old); and the new name to be assigned to this file element
       (new) in the current mapset.  The file element old is then renamed to new.

       Users can also simply type g.rename --help without  arguments  on  the  command  line,  to
       receive  a  menu  of  existing  data base element types and files from which to choose for
       possible renaming:
              raster   raster map(s) to be renamed
           raster_3d   3D raster map(s) to be renamed
              vector   vector map(s) to be renamed
              labels   paint label file(s) to be renamed
              region   region definition(s) to be renamed
               group   imagery group(s) to be renamed

NOTES

       If a data base element has support files (e.g., as is commonly the case with raster maps),
       these support files also are renamed.

       If  the user attempts to rename a file to itself by setting the new file name equal to the
       old file name (e.g., g.rename raster=soils,soils), g.rename will not execute  the  rename,
       but  instead  state  that  no  rename is needed.  However, g.rename will allow the user to
       overwrite other existing files in the current mapset by making the new file name  that  of
       an already existing file.

       For  portability  reasons, g.rename is ignoring case of names. To change the case of a map
       name, first rename the map to a name which differs by more than case, then  rename  it  to
       the intended name.

EXAMPLE

       # rename raster map
       g.rename raster=oldrast,newrast
       # rename vector map
       g.rename vector=oldvect,newvect
       # combined renaming
       g.rename raster=oldrast,newrast vector=oldvect,newvect

SEE ALSO

        g.copy, g.list, g.remove

AUTHOR

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

       Last changed: $Date: 2015-01-12 22:50:21 +0100 (Mon, 12 Jan 2015) $

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