NAME¶

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

KEYWORDS¶

general, map management

SYNOPSIS¶

g.rename g.rename help g.rename [rast=old,new] [rast3d=old,new] [vect= old,new] [oldvect=old,new] [asciivect= old,new] [icon=old,new] [labels= old,new] [sites=old,new] [region=old,new] [region3d=old,new] [group=old,new] [3dview=old,new] [--verbose] [-- quiet]

Parameters:¶

rast=old,new

 

rast file(s) to be renamed

rast3d=old,new

 

rast3d file(s) to be renamed

vect=old,new

 

vect file(s) to be renamed

oldvect=old,new

 

oldvect file(s) to be renamed

asciivect=old,new

 

asciivect file(s) to be renamed

icon=old,new

 

icon file(s) to be renamed

labels=old,new

 

labels file(s) to be renamed

sites=old,new

 

sites file(s) to be renamed

region=old,new

 

region file(s) to be renamed

region3d=old,new

 

region3d file(s) to be renamed

group=old,new

 

group file(s) to be renamed

3dview=old,new

 

3dview file(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: rast, vect, icon, labels, sites, 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:
rast rast file(s) to be renamed
oldvect oldvect file(s) to be renamed (GRASS 5.0)
vect vect file(s) to be renamed (GRASS >5.1)
icon icon file(s) to be renamed
labels labels file(s) to be renamed
sites sites file(s) to be renamed
region region file(s) to be renamed
group group file(s) to be renamed
3dview 3dview file(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 rast=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 rast=oldrast,newrast # rename vector map g.rename vect=oldvect,newvect # combined renaming g.rename rast=oldrast,newrast vect=oldvect,newvect

SEE ALSO¶

g.copy g.list g.remove

AUTHOR¶

Michael Shapiro, U.S.Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory Last changed: $Date: 2008-10-12 08:55:55 +0200 (Sun, 12 Oct 2008) $ Full index © 2003-2011 GRASS Development Team