[GRASSLIST:5538] Re: v.mkgrid extract grid sections

[Hamish]

> I have used v.mkgrid (GRASS6-CVS) in the past to make vector grids,
> and all  has been well. 
..
> However, this morning I tried to extract a single square from the
> output from  v.mkgrid, and was only able to get either a single
> centroid (almost correct),  or the entire boundary (not good). Since
> the boundaries do not have CATs,  there is no way for me to extract a
> single boundary...
..
> Any ideas?



what about 

  v.category type=boundary option=add

to add category numbers to the boundaries?



Hamish