g.rename(1)

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

KEYWORDS
general

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]

  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 files), 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.

EXAMPLE
g.rename rast=oldrast,newrast vect=oldvect51,newvect51 oldvect=oldvect50,newvect50

SEE ALSO
g.copy
g.list
g.remove

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

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