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I'm trying to delete a map that I used as a mask before, but I cannot delete it using g.remove. It displays this:

g.remove rast=raster_Mnorzagaray@PERMANENT
[raster_Mnorzagaray@PERMANENT@PERMANENT] is a base map. Remove reclassed map first: MASK@PERMANENT

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What's happening if you only write g.remove rast=raster_Mnorzagaray ? – simo Mar 8 '11 at 16:50
when i write that, g.remove rast=raster_Mnorzagaray [raster_Mnorzagaray@PERMANENT] is a base map. Remove reclassed map first: MASK@PERMANENT is displayed. I used raster_Mnorzagaray previously as a mask and Im trying to remove it because i will use the same name for another map – teamAngat Mar 8 '11 at 17:13
you should probably remove the mask before, with the command r.mask -r then g.remove rast=raster_Mnorzagaray – simo Mar 8 '11 at 17:17
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I did that but it still produced the same error. raster_Mnorzagaray is not anymore in the list of raster maps but I cannot use the same name to create another map with the same name. – teamAngat Mar 8 '11 at 17:27
Same here. Maybe we need to extend/alter the WARNING message. – Nikos Alexandris Mar 1 at 12:42

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there is another map that uses that one as base map, it maybe a RGB composition or something like it. If you don't find what it is, just delete the map from the grassdata directory, you will find it in cell, cell_misc and cellhd folders in grassdata\location\mapset\.

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How safe is that though? – Nikos Alexandris Mar 1 at 12:43
It won't crash the program, but certainly the composition will not work anymore. – Pablo Mar 1 at 19:37
Yes, sort of the latter I was referring to. – Nikos Alexandris Mar 2 at 15:58
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The command g.mremove with flag -b can be used to remove base maps.

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Thanks! It also worked same as the previous answer – teamAngat Mar 10 '11 at 16:33

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