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GRASS Help System |
The below screen is the initial entry screen all users see upon entering GRASS. The "location", "mapset", and "database" directories that the user names here will become that user's "current location", "current mapset" and "current database" until the user exits the current GRASS session.
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LOCATION: This is the name of an available geographic location.
MAPSET: Every GRASS session runs under the name of a MAPSET. Associated
DATABASE: This is the UNIX directory containing the geographic databases
LOCATION: ______________ (enter list for a list of locations) MAPSET: ______________ (or mapsets within a location)
DATABASE: /usr/grass5/data___________________________________
For example, assume that we choose to create the new LOCATION "ft.hood" and the new MAPSET "smith", and that the directory in which users' GRASS data are stored on our system is "/usr/grass5/data". Enter this information on the blanks provided on the GRASS Entry Screen, using the "Return" (or "Enter") key to move the cursor from line to line. When done, press the "ESC" (escape) key to save this information and continue on in GRASS.