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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: 2015-01-08 19:37:47 +0100 (Thu, 08 Jan 2015) $

SOURCE CODE

       Available at: g.rename source code (history)

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