[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2140: m.proj does not handle cs2cs failure

[GRASS GIS]

#2140: m.proj does not handle cs2cs failure
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  Reporter:  wenzeslaus          |      Owner:  grass-dev@…
      Type:  defect              |     Status:  new
  Priority:  normal              |  Milestone:  7.0.0
 Component:  Projections/Datums  |    Version:  svn-trunk
Resolution:                      |   Keywords:  m.proj, cs2cs
       CPU:  All                 |   Platform:  All
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Comment (by jrobparsons):

 This is interesting...


 Output from GRASS GUI Command Console
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 (Thu Jul 30 20:38:52 2015)
 m.proj input=test.txt proj_out=bla bla bla proj_in=another bla bla bla
 Rel. 4.8.0, 6 March 2012
 <cs2cs.EXE>:
 projection initialization failure
 cause: Unknown error
 program abnormally terminated
 ERROR: Using from definition:
 (Thu Jul 30 20:38:54 2015) Command finished (1 sec)


 Output from GRASS Command Line
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 C:\>m.proj input=test.txt proj_out=bla bla bla proj_in=another bla bla bla

 Description:
  Converts coordinates from one projection to another (cs2cs frontend).

 Keywords:
  miscellaneous, projection

 Usage:
  m.proj.py [-iodec] [coordinates=east,north] [input=name] [output=name]
    [separator=character] [proj_in=string] [proj_out=string] [--overwrite]
    [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

 Flags:
   -i   Use LL WGS84 as input and current location as output projection
   -o   Use current location as input and LL WGS84 as output projection
   -d   Output long/lat in decimal degrees, or other projections with many
 decimal places
   -e   Include input coordinates in output file
   -c   Include column names in output file
  --o   Allow output files to overwrite existing files
  --h   Print usage summary
  --v   Verbose module output
  --q   Quiet module output
  --ui  Force launching GUI dialog

 Parameters:
   coordinates   Input coordinates to reproject
         input   Name of input coordinate file
                  '-' for standard input
        output   Name for output coordinate file (omit to send to stdout)
     separator   Field separator (format: input[,output])
                  Special characters: pipe, comma, space, tab, newline
                 default: pipe
       proj_in   Input projection parameters (PROJ.4 style)
      proj_out   Output projection parameters (PROJ.4 style)

 ERROR: Sorry <bla> is not a valid option
 ERROR: Sorry <bla> is not a valid option
 ERROR: Sorry <bla> is not a valid option
 ERROR: Sorry <bla> is not a valid option
 ERROR: Sorry <bla> is not a valid option

 C:\>

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/2140#comment:5>
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