g.download.location(1)

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version 8.4.2 · 8 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 g.download.location — the GRASS GIS User's Manual page, bestie edition 💖

okay so welcome to the <pink>g.download.location(1)</pink> page of the GRASS GIS User's Manual ✨ this is the lil corner of the manual that tells you how to grab a whole GRASS project (location) off the web, no cap 🫶

🌈 NAME 🌈

g.download.location — download a GRASS project (location) from the web 💅

fr fr, its whole job is: get a GRASS project from an URL or a file path 🦋

🎀 KEYWORDS 🎀

general, data, download, import

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

🧚 FLAGS 🧚

  • --help — prints the usage summary, aka the lil cheat sheet 📝
  • --verbose — verbose module output, so it yaps and tells you everything 🗣️
  • --quiet — quiet module output, so it shuts up and just does the thing 🤫
  • --ui — force launching the GUI dialog, for when you want the pretty buttons 🖱️✨

💜 PARAMETERS 💜

  • url=string [required] — URL of the archive with a project to be downloaded. Like, the URL of a ZIP, TAR.GZ, or other similar archive 🔗📦 no url, no vibes, it's mandatory bestie
  • name=name — project (location) name. That's the project name, not the path to the project 👑
  • path=path — GRASS GIS database directory. Default: path to the current GRASS GIS database 🗂️

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the tea, and it's a little bittersweet 😭

g.download.location has been renamed to g.download.project and it only exists for backwards compatibility reasons. It will be removed in the next major version 💀 so this is giving legacy energy — it's here for you if you still need it, but it's on its way out, periodt.

no cap: if you're starting something new, you probably want the new name, not this one 🙈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

  • g.download.project

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Vaclav Petras, NCSU GeoForAll Lab 💖 iconic behavior honestly

🌟 SOURCE CODE 🌟

Available at: g.download.location source code (history) 🔍

Accessed: Saturday Jan 17 05:41:52 2026 🕰️

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