Quick question about where GRASS installs GRASSDATA on windows and Linux

hellik · April 10, 2026, 7:40pm

See

mswindows/GRASS-Installer.nsi.tmpl

main


      
          	${Else}
          		StrCpy $INSTALL_DIR "$INSTDIR"
          	${EndIf}
          
          	;Set to try to overwrite existing files
          	SetOverwrite try
          
          	;Set the GIS_DATABASE directory
          	SetShellVarContext current
          	Var /GLOBAL GIS_DATABASE
          	StrCpy $GIS_DATABASE "$DOCUMENTS\grassdata"
          
          	;Create the GIS_DATABASE directory
          	CreateDirectory "$GIS_DATABASE"
          
          	;add Installer files
          	SetOutPath "$INSTALL_DIR"
          	File .\Installer-Files\GRASS-WebSite.url
          	File .\Installer-Files\WinGRASS-README.url
          
          	;add GRASS files

it’s in the user’s “document” folder in Windows.

How this defined, it depends on the Windows setup