[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #3763: db.out.ogr Fails with bogus overwrite error

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#3763: db.out.ogr Fails with bogus overwrite error
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 Reporter:  micha        |      Owner:  grass-dev@…
     Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:
Component:  Database     |    Version:  unspecified
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 The current script for db.out.ogr tests for existence of a file named as
 <input>.dbf. If the file exists and overwrite is not specified, the script
 exists. This test is performed even if the format is not **dbf**.  So all
 of the other formats will fail if such a dbf file already exists, even
 though those formats do not touch the dbf file.

 For the case of dbf output the script deletes all existing shapefile
 components (*.shp, *.shx) so the test is certainly necessary for dbf
 format. But I think it is unnecessary for the other formats.

 Attached is a suggested diff.

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