[GRASSLIST:6151] v.out.mif - export to MapInfo MIF?

[Roger Dickinson]

I am considering using GRASS (Mac OS X 10.2.4) alongside MapInfo for Power 
Mac but I am not clear as to whether the GRASS export command for MapInfo 
MIF, v.out.mif, actually works in 5.0.0 or not.

It is mentioned in some, but not all, command listings and documentation 
and it is not included among the export formats for vector data in chapter 
6 of Neteler and Mitasova's book. It is listed in the command summary in 
appendix A of this book but MIF does not appear in the supported vector 
data format listing in appendix B. (The latter appendix doesn't even list 
MapInfo MIF as a supported import format, despite the fact that importing 
such files - lines only? - is described in chapter 6.)

Can somebody clear up this confusion please? I would also be grateful for 
any information about limitations or problems when importing from or 
exporting to MIF.

Thanks in advance.

Roger Dickinson