[GRASS-dev] [grass-code I][444] v.in.ogr: false optional 'dsn' and 'output'

[Hamish]

http://wald.intevation.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=204&aid=444&group_id=21

> code I item #444, was opened at 2007-07-10 12:36
> Submitted By: Maciej Sieczka (msieczka)
> Summary: v.in.ogr: false optional 'dsn' and 'output' 
..
> v.in.ogr advertises the 'dsn' and 'output' as optional in 6.3 CVS:
> 
> GRASS 6.3.cvs (spearfish60):~ > v.in.ogr help 2>&1 | grep Usage -A1
> Usage:
>  v.in.ogr [-lfcztoew] [dsn=string] [output=name]
> 
> (see the brackets around options dsn and output; their presence is
> interpreted as "optional" by the autogenerated tcl/tk GUI)


this is so you can use the -l and -f flags without supplying dummy
values to dsn= and output=. I don't know what the correct answer is, but
that was the logic behind the change, AFAIU.


Hamish