[GRASSLIST:5989] Re: moving layers from one machine to another

[Roger Bivand]

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Chris Fonnesbeck wrote:

> That makes sense. So, what is the recommended way, then, of moving
> GRASS layers among platforms?

I'm returning Chris' question to the list, so that the answer gets into 
the archives. Chris, could you state which GRASS version you are using on 
both platforms? I guess this is 5.7 or 6.0 - could somebody who knows the 
vector storage formats comment please?

> 
> 
> On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 19:15:32 +0100 (CET), Roger Bivand
> <Roger.Bivand at nhh.no> wrote:
> > On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Chris Fonnesbeck wrote:
> > 
> > > Having painstakingly imported a large shapefile into Linux (see
> > > previous thread on v.in.ogr), I want to use this layer on my OS X
> > > machine. However, simply moving my ~/grass directory to the other
> > > machine seems not to work, as attempting lo load the layer results in
> > > a bus error on the Mac (works fine on the Linux machine). What is the
> > > best way to move layers among GRASS workstations?
> > 
> > If your Linux system was on Intel/AMD, I think you'll find that it is
> > other-endian from your Mac - the bytes in integers, floats and doubles are
> > stored in different orders. I understand that GRASS rasters are protected
> > by being stored using the portable XDR representation, are GRASS vector
> > layers?
> > 
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Chris
> > >
> > >
> > 
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> > Roger Bivand
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> > Economics and Business Administration, Breiviksveien 40, N-5045 Bergen,
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> > 
> >
> 

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Roger Bivand
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Economics and Business Administration, Breiviksveien 40, N-5045 Bergen,
Norway. voice: +47 55 95 93 55; fax +47 55 95 93 93
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