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Name

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

Synopsis

g.download.project g.download.project --help g.download.project 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 project to be downloaded
URL of ZIP, TAR.GZ, or other similar archive
name=name: Project (location) name
Project name (not path to project)
path=path: GRASS GIS database directory
Default: path to the current GRASS GIS database

g.download.project downloads an archived (e.g., .zip or .tar.gz) project (previously called 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 project, the module will recognize that and use the project automatically. The first directory which is a project is used. Other projects or any other files are ignored.

Examples

Download the full GRASS GIS sample project within a running session

Download and unpack the full North Carolina sample project into the user’s HOME directory:

g.download.project url=https://grass.osgeo.org/sampledata/north_carolina/nc_spm_full_v2alpha2.tar.gz path=$HOME

Download the full GRASS GIS sample project in a temporary session

In a temporary session, download and unpack the full North Carolina sample project into the user’s HOME directory:

grass --tmp-project XY --exec g.download.project url=https://grass.osgeo.org/sampledata/north_carolina/nc_spm_full_v2alpha2.tar.gz path=$HOME

Author

Vaclav Petras, NCSU GeoForAll Lab

Source Code

Available at: g.download.project source code (history)

Latest change: Wednesday Feb 05 22:17:19 2025 in commit: 12b9f28dd321e2717a4576a0393bbf39629cf09e

Info

GRASS 8.4.1 GRASS GIS User's Manual