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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a recurring error on Grass 5.0.2. Starting
with no .grassrc5:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) run grass5 -text</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) enter Location name, Mapset, and Database in
start page</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>contents of .grassrc5:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>GISDBASE: /usr2/grass/data</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>LOCATION_NAME: globe</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>MAPSET: PERMANENT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3) run grass</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>4) quit grass</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>5) run grass5</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Output:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cleaning up temporary files.....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Starting GRASS ...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>awk: illegal field $()</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> input record number 1, file
/export/home/cheg/.grassrc5</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> source line number 1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Starts gis_set.tcl window and stops.</FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>contents of .grassrc5:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>GRASS_GUI: tcltk</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>6) kill gis_set.tcl window</DIV>
<DIV>Output: ERROR: LOCATION_NAME: not set</DIV>
<DIV>/usr/local/grass5/etc/Init.sh: GISDBASE: parameter null or not set</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>7) run grass5 -text</DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>awk: illegal field $()</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> input record number 1, file
/export/home/cheg/.grassrc5</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> source line number 1</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Start screen comes up without Location, Mapset, or Database defined.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>8) Reenter Location, Mapset, and Database and start grass</DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>contents of .grassrc5:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>GRASS_GUI: text</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>GISDBASE: /usr2/grass/data</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>LOCATION_NAME: globe</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>MAPSET: PERMANENT</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>9) quit grass</DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>contents of .grassrc5:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>GRASS_GUI: text</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>GISDBASE: /usr2/grass/data</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>LOCATION_NAME: globe</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>MAPSET: PERMANENT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>10) run grass5</DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Output:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>awk: illegal field $()</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> input record number 1, file
/export/home/cheg/.grassrc5</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> source line number 1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>contents of .grassrc5:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>GRASS_GUI: text</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>GISDBASE: /usr2/grass/data</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>LOCATION_NAME: globe</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>MAPSET: PERMANENT</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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