GRASS Programmer's Manual  6.4.1(2011)
gisdbase.c File Reference

GIS library - environment routines (gisdbase) More...

#include <grass/gis.h>
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Functions

char * G_gisdbase (void)
 Get name of top level database directory.

Detailed Description

GIS library - environment routines (gisdbase)

(C) 2001-2008 by the GRASS Development Team

This program is free software under the GNU General Public License (>=v2). Read the file COPYING that comes with GRASS for details.

Author:
Original author CERL

Definition in file gisdbase.c.


Function Documentation

char* G_gisdbase ( void  )

Get name of top level database directory.

Returns the full UNIX path name of the directory which holds the database locations. See GISDBASE for a full explanation of this directory.

Parameters:
\returnpointer to string containing the base directory

Definition at line 29 of file gisdbase.c.

References G_getenv().

Referenced by G__location_path(), G__make_location(), and G__make_mapset().

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