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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ok, I've noticed something related
to my last question that might be the problem....when I log out of Cygwin Grass
5.7, I get the following message:</span></font></p>

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11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Closing monitors.....</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Cleaning up temporary files.....</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>cp: cannot create regular file '//.grassrc57':
No such file or directory</span></font></p>

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11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Goodbye from GRASS GIS</span></font></p>

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11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Where are those double slashes coming
from? Is that a typical Cygwin error? I seem to recall there was a thread about
double slashes ending up in directory and file paths under Cygwin, does anyone
know about this error?</span></font></p>

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11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks,</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>~ Eric.</span></font></p>

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11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Eric Patton</span></font></b></strong></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Technologist, Geo-Spatial
Data Services</span></font></i></em></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Geological Survey of
Canada (Atlantic)</span></font></i></em></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Natural Resources Canada</span></font></i></em></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Bedford Institute of
Oceanography</span></font></i></em></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dartmouth, Nova Scotia,
Canada B2Y 4A2</span></font></i></em></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Postal address: P.O. Box
1006</span></font></i></em></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Courier address: 1
Challenger Drive</span></font></i></em></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Telephone: (902)426-7732</span></font></i></em></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Facsimile:&nbsp;&nbsp;(902)426-4104</span></font></i></em></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>E-mail:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></i></em><font color=navy><span DEFANGED_STYLE='color:navy'><a
href="mailto:epatton@NRCan.gc.ca"><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:none'>epatton@NRCan.gc.ca</span></font></i></em></a></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> owner-GRASSLIST@baylor.edu
[mailto:owner-GRASSLIST@baylor.edu] <b><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b></span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:
 10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Patton, Eric</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, November 30, 2004
12:33 PM<br>
<b><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2
 face=Tahoma><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>GRASSList</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> (GRASSLIST@baylor.edu);
</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:10.0pt;
 font-family:Tahoma'>WinGrass</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> (wingrass@grass.itc.it)<br>
<b><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [GRASSLIST:5004] cvs
login: warning: failed to open //.cvspass for reading: No suc h file or
directory</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I received the following error
when trying to login to CVS:</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>cvs login: warning:
failed to open //.cvspass for reading: No such file or directory</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>cvs &nbsp;[login
aborted]: could not open //.cvspass for writing: No such file or directory</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&lt;sigh&gt;...here are
the steps I used:</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>(using Cygwin bash shell)</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>export
CVSROOT=:pserver:grass-guest@intevation.de:/home/grass/grassrepository</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>cvs login</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks,</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>~ Eric.</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><strong><b><font size=3 color=navy
face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Eric
Patton</span></font></b></strong></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><em><i><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Technologist,
Geo-Spatial Data Services</span></font></i></em></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><em><i><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Geological
Survey of Canada (Atlantic)</span></font></i></em></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><em><i><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Natural
Resources Canada</span></font></i></em></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><em><i><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Bedford
Institute of Oceanography</span></font></i></em></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><em><i><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dartmouth,
Nova Scotia, Canada B2Y 4A2</span></font></i></em></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><em><i><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Postal
address: P.O. Box 1006</span></font></i></em></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><em><i><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Courier
address: 1 Challenger Drive</span></font></i></em></p>

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face="Times New Roman"><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Telephone:
(902)426-7732</span></font></i></em></p>

<p class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE='margin-left:.5in'><em><i><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Facsimile:&nbsp;&nbsp;(902)426-4104</span></font></i></em></p>

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face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>E-mail:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></i></em><font color=navy><span DEFANGED_STYLE='color:navy'><a
href="mailto:epatton@NRCan.gc.ca"><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:none'>epatton@NRCan.gc.ca</span></font></i></em></a></span></font></p>

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face="Times New Roman"><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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