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Name

g.download.location — Download GRASS Location from the web
Get GRASS Location from an URL or file path

Synopsis

g.download.location g.download.location --help g.download.location url=string [name=name] [path=path] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags

--help: Print usage summary
--verbose: Verbose module output
--quiet: Quiet module output
--ui: Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters

url=stringÂ [required]: URL of the archive with a location to be downloaded
URL of ZIP, TAR.GZ, or other similar archive
name=name: Location name
Location name (not location path)
path=path: GRASS GIS database directory
Default: path to the current GRASS GIS database

g.download.location downloads an archived (e.g., .zip or .tar.gz) location from a given URL and unpacks it to a specified or current GRASS GIS Spatial Database. URL can be also a local file on the disk. If the archive contains a directory which contains a location, the module will recognize that and use the location automatically. First directory which is a location is used. Other locations or any other files are ignored.