## NAME

exit - Exits the user from the current GRASS session.

## SYNOPSIS

exit

## DESCRIPTION

The exit command ends the user's current GRASS session and returns the user to the directory in which he was working prior to entering GRASS. When the user exits GRASS, he is asked whether he wishes to save the files and data stored under his current mapset, and (if maps are present) whether the user wishes to selectively remove map layers, before exiting the system. By default, if the user presses RETURN without responding to these questions, all maps in the user's current mapset are saved. However, because such maps can consume much storage space on the computer, the user should remove any unneeded files before exiting. (The user can also remove data before attempting to exit GRASS using the g.remove command.)

Before typing exit, the polite user should remember to release the graphics display monitor (using the command d.mon -r) for use by other GRASS users. Otherwise, the display device may be locked for use by the user, even though the user has exited GRASS, until another user runs d.mon and unlocks this monitor for others' use.

Each time the user re-enters GRASS, the variables described in g.gisenv are re-set. If the user wishes to change the mapset, location, or data base on which he is working (i.e., those affected by any GRASS programs running during the user's current GRASS session), the user must exit GRASS and then re-enter GRASS and specify a different mapset, location, and/or data base location on the GRASS start-up page. When the user re-enters GRASS, these variable settings (the current mapset, location, and data base) are set by default to those used in the user's previous GRASS session, unless changed by the user.

## NOTES

This program requires no command line arguments; the user simply types exit on the command line to exit GRASS.

## SEE ALSO

d.mon, g.gisenv, g.remove

Last changed: $Date: 2002/01/25 05:45:33 $