[GRASS-user] Deleting temporary files in a Python script

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Hello !

I would like to delete temporary files during the process of a python script. I have look at g.tempfile but it seems I don’t know how to use it in a python script.
I have tried :
PROCESS_ID = os.getpid()
…

TEMP1 = grass.read_command (‘g.tempfile’,
pid = PROCESS_ID)

But this changes nothing, after about 67200 calculations of r.viewshed no more temporary file can be created and the script stopped.

It seems to me that i miss something… If anyone knows how to solve that ?

Thanks for your help

yann

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Yann Le Jeune
Web : http://www.paleosystem.fr https://ello.co/yannz

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On 6/1/19 4:43 PM, Le Jeune Yann wrote:

Hello !

I would like to delete temporary files during the process of a python script. I have look at g.tempfile but it seems I don’t know how to use it in a python script.
I have tried :
PROCESS_ID = os.getpid()
…

TEMP1 = grass.read_command (‘g.tempfile’,
pid = PROCESS_ID)

But this changes nothing, after about 67200 calculations of r.viewshed no more temporary file can be created and the script stopped.

Are you manually removing the TEMP1 files within your script? I think that GRASS cleans up tempfiles only when the session exits, so with such a large number of calculations, you should manually remove them within the script.

It seems to me that i miss something… If anyone knows how to solve that ?

Thanks for your help

yann

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Yann Le Jeune
Web : http://www.paleosystem.fr https://ello.co/yannz

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On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 11:00 AM Micha Silver <tsvibar@gmail.com> wrote:

On 6/1/19 4:43 PM, Le Jeune Yann wrote:

Hello !

I would like to delete temporary files during the process of a python script. I have look at g.tempfile but it seems I don't know how to use it in a python script.
I have tried :
PROCESS_ID = os.getpid()
...
TEMP1 = grass.read_command ('g.tempfile',
    pid = PROCESS_ID)

But this changes nothing, after about 67200 calculations of r.viewshed no more temporary file can be created and the script stopped.

Are you manually removing the TEMP1 files within your script? I think that GRASS cleans up tempfiles only when the session exits, so with such a large number of calculations, you should manually remove them within the script.

For an example, see
scripts/r.in.aster/r.in.aster.py

therein, this function is used:
grass.try_remove(tempfile)

Markus

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Thanks to you both !

I think that’s what i was missing…

It works now !

Regards,
yann

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Yann Le Jeune
Web : http://www.paleosystem.fr https://ello.co/yannz