gisdbase.c

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/*!
   \file lib/gis/gisdbase.c
 
   \brief GIS library - environment routines (gisdbase)
 
   (C) 2001-2009 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
 */
 
#include <grass/gis.h>
 
/*!
 * \brief Get name of top level database directory
 *
 * Returns the full UNIX path name of the directory which holds the
 * database locations.
 *
 *  \return pointer to string containing the base directory
 */
const char *G_gisdbase(void)
{
    return G_getenv("GISDBASE");
}