Help convert vector contour line to surface elevation

[Gregg A. Hadish]

At 06:32 PM 1/19/96 GMT, you wrote:
>Dear Grassusers
>
>I have a set of vector contour lines that I would like to convert to raster
> surface elevation. If r.contour can create a vector contour file from 
>raster elevation data, is there any command that I can use that will create
>raster elevation data from vector contour lines.
>
>Any suggestions or help are welcome.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Kamarul
>
First run v.to.rast on the vector, then run r.surf.contour on the new raster.

Gregg Hadish