searchGRASSX function

Return attributes of valid 'GRASS GIS' installation(s) in 'Linux'

Searches recursively for valid 'GRASS GIS' installations at a given 'Linux' mount point. Returns attributes for each installation.

searchGRASSX(MP = "/usr/bin", quiet = TRUE)

Arguments

• MP: default is /usr. This is the directory from which the grass executable file is searched, i.e. one executable for each GRASS installation on the system.
• quiet: boolean. switch for suppressing console messages default is TRUE

Returns

data frame containing 'GRASS GIS' binary folder(s) (i.e. where the individual GRASS commands are installed), version name(s) and installation type code(s)

Examples

## Not run:

# get all valid 'GRASS GIS' installation folders in the /usr/bin directory (typical location)
searchGRASSX('/usr/bin')

# get all valid 'GRASS GIS' installation folders in the home directory
searchGRASSX('~/')
## End(Not run)

Author(s)

Chris Reudenbach