<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>GRASS GIS: g.findetc</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="grassdocs.css" type="text/css"> </head> <body bgcolor="white"> <img src="grass_logo.png" alt="GRASS logo"><hr align=center size=6 noshade> <h2>NAME</h2> <em><b>g.findetc</b></em> - Searches for GRASS support files. <h2>KEYWORDS</h2> general <h2>SYNOPSIS</h2> <b>g.findetc</b><br> <b>g.findetc help</b><br> <b>g.findetc</b> <b>file</b>=<em>string</em> [--<b>verbose</b>] [--<b>quiet</b>] <h3>Parameters:</h3> <DL> <DT><b>file</b>=<em>string</em></DT> <DD>Name of an file or directory</DD> </DL> <H2>DESCRIPTION</H2> <EM>g.findetc</EM> is designed for Bourne shell scripts that need to search for support data, programs and subfoldrs in any number of directories as specified in GRASS_ADDON_ETC, plus the GRASS application etc/ directory. This is designed for addon scripts that are installed outside the GRASS application directory, such as a user's home or a system addon directory. <p> <H2>OUTPUT</H2> <EM>g.findetc</EM> writes the full path to the file or directory to standard output <H2>SEE ALSO</H2> <EM><A HREF="g.ask.html">g.ask</A></EM><br> <EM><A HREF="g.filename.html">g.filename</A></EM><br> <EM><A HREF="g.findfile.html">g.findfile</A></EM><br> <EM><A HREF="g.gisenv.html">g.gisenv</A></EM><br> <EM><A HREF="g.mapsets.html">g.mapsets</A></EM><br> <EM><A HREF="parser.html">parser</A></EM> <H2>AUTHOR</H2> William Kyngesburye <p><i>Last changed: $Date: 2007-04-19 06:00:55 +0200 (Thu, 19 Apr 2007) $</i> <HR> <P><a href="index.html">Main index</a> - <a href="general.html">general index</a> - <a href="full_index.html">Full index</a></P> <P>© 2003-2008 <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org">GRASS Development Team</a></p> </body> </html>