g.dirseps(1)

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💅 g.dirseps — the GRASS GIS User's Manual glow-up ✨

okay bestie, so this is g.dirseps from the GRASS GIS User's Manual, and she is lowkey iconic for exactly one job 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

g.dirseps — the internal GRASS utility for converting directory separator characters 💫

She converts any directory separator characters in the input string to or from native host format, then writes the changed path straight to standard output. Basically: useful in scripts for Windows compatibility. no cap 🪟➡️🐧

🏷️ KEYWORDS 🏷️

general, map management, scripts — that's the vibe check 🦋

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

g.dirseps
g.dirseps --help
g.dirseps [-hg]  [path=string]   [--help]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]
[--ui]

🚩 Flags 🚩

  • -h — convert directory separators to native host format 🏠
  • -g — convert directory separators to GRASS internal format 🌿
  • --help — print usage summary 🙋‍♀️
  • --verbose — verbose module output 🗣️
  • --quiet — quiet module output 🤫
  • --ui — force launching GUI dialog 🖥️✨

🎀 Parameters 🎀

  • path=string — path to be converted (read from stdin if not specified) 📥

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

not me about to tell you the whole tea: g.dirseps is an internal tool only. she copies the input string to stdout, changing directory separator characters as specified by the flags 🫶

she exists for interoperability between Unix and MS-Windows pathnames, and honestly? slay. that's her whole main character moment 💅

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Paul Kelly 🫡

🔥 SOURCE CODE 🔥

available at: g.dirseps source code (history) 📚

accessed: Saturday Jan 17 05:40:38 2026 ⏰

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