NAME

v.clean - Cleans out dead lines in GRASS vector files.
(GRASS Vector Program)

SYNOPSIS

v.clean
v.clean help
v.clean map=name

DESCRIPTION

When programs like digit delete lines, they do not really go away, but are simply marked as deleted. This is done primarily for speed. But a side effect is that vector files can end up carrying a lot of dead weight with them.

v.clean will go through a vector file and remove all dead lines in the file thus potentially reducing the size of the file.

You do not have to run v.support afterwards.

OPTIONS

Parameter:

map
Name of the GRASS vector file to be cleaned.

BUGS

None known.

SEE ALSO

v.digit
v.support

AUTHOR

David Gerdes, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory