[GRASSGUI] grass5 - Windows HELP

[Markus Neteler]

John

On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 04:29:52PM -0700, John Garner wrote:
> Markus-
> 
> Didn't help.  I am unable to rename the folder ("There has been a sharing
> violation.  The source or destination file may be in use.")

it will help (hope so) - the problem is that other jobs are
accessing that directory.

Suggestion: Try to start GRASS in another directory without spaces
in it's name.
 
> Also noticed that there is no '.gislock5' file in the folder.  Is this a
> file created each time a new instance of GRASS is started or should there be
> a permanent file here?

It is created during the first successful run of GRASS.

Markus

> -----Original Message-----
> From: grassgui-admin at grass.itc.it [mailto:grassgui-admin at grass.itc.it]On
> Behalf Of Markus Neteler
> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 3:57 PM
> To: grassgui at grass.itc.it
> Subject: Re: [GRASSGUI] grass5 - Windows HELP
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 03:42:48PM -0700, John Garner wrote:
> > Need help here.
> >
> > Running Win2000.
> > Downloaded and installed all components successfully (I thought).  When I
> > attempt to start GRASS I get this message:
> >
> > $ grass5 -tcltk
> > usage: /usr/local/grass5/etc/lock file pid
> > Unable to properly access /home/John Garner/.gislock5
>                                     ^^^^-- here is a space
> 
> AFAIK winGRASS does not support spaces. Renaming the directory
> may help.
> 
> Markus Neteler
> 
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