g.findfile(1)		      Grass User's Manual		 g.findfile(1)



NNAAMMEE
       _g_._f_i_n_d_f_i_l_e    -	Searches  for GRASS data base files and sets variables
       for the shell.
       _(_G_R_A_S_S _F_i_l_e _M_a_n_a_g_e_m_e_n_t _P_r_o_g_r_a_m_)

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       gg..ffiinnddffiillee
       gg..ffiinnddffiillee hheellpp
       gg..ffiinnddffiillee eelleemmeenntt==_n_a_m_e [mmaappsseett==_n_a_m_e] ffiillee==_n_a_m_e

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       _g_._f_i_n_d_f_i_l_e is designed for Bourne shell scripts that need to search for
       raster  map  layer  files,  vector  files,  site list files, geographic
       region definition (windows) files, and imagery group files in the GRASS
       data base.

OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       If  the user runs _g_._f_i_n_d_f_i_l_e without command line arguments, he will be
       prompted for the names of a GRASS element, file,  and  mapset,  through
       the standard _p_a_r_s_e_r.

   PPaarraammeetteerrss::
       eelleemmeenntt==_n_a_m_e
	      The data base element (i.e., directory within a GRASS mapset) to
	      be searched.

       mmaappsseett==_n_a_m_e
	      The mapset in which to search for the specified file  _n_a_m_e.   If
	      not  specified,  all mapsets in the user's GRASS search path are
	      searched.  Otherwise, the specified mapset is  searched.	 As  a
	      convenience,  if	specified as a single dot (.) only the current
	      mapset is searched.

       ffiillee==_n_a_m_e
	      The name of a GRASS data file (of the stated _e_l_e_m_e_n_t  type)  for
	      which to search.


OOUUTTPPUUTT
       _g_._f_i_n_d_f_i_l_e writes four lines to standard output: name='_f_i_l_e___n_a_m_e'

       mapset='_m_a_p_s_e_t___n_a_m_e'

       file='_u_n_i_x___f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e'

       fullname='_g_r_a_s_s___f_u_l_l_n_a_m_e'

       The  output  is	_/_b_i_n_/_s_h commands to set the variable _n_a_m_e to the GRASS
       data base file name, _m_a_p_s_e_t to the mapset in which  the	file  resides,
       and  _f_i_l_e  to  the full UNIX path name for the named file.  These vari-
       ables may be set in the	_/_b_i_n_/_s_h  as  follows:  eevvaall  ``gg..ffiinnddffiillee  eellee--
       mmeenntt==_n_a_m_e mmaappsseett==_n_a_m_e ffiillee==_n_a_m_e``


NNOOTTEESS
       If the specified file does not exist, the variables will be set as fol-
       lows: name=

       mapset=

       fullname=

       file=

       The following is a way to test for this case:
		 if [ ! "$file" ]
		 then
		      exit
		 fi


SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       _g_._a_s_k

       _g_._f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e

       _g_._g_i_s_e_n_v

       _g_._m_a_p_s_e_t_s

       _p_a_r_s_e_r

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

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GRASS 5.0							 g.findfile(1)
