[GRASSLIST:8838] Re: GRASS 6 in a nutshell tutorial

[Markus Neteler]

Luigi Ponti wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> while going through the Neteler's GRASS 6 in a nutshell tutorial I get
> the message:
>
> "Cannot open database
> /home/Administrator/grassdata/spearfish60/user1/dbf/ by driver dbf"
>
> when at section 3.1.2. I try to import vector ESRI SHAPE files form
> the package tiger2000_UTM13_nad27.tar.gz, via the "import various
> formats using ogr" option in the GIS manager.
>
> Does anybody know what the problem could be?
>
> Thanks,
>
Luigi,

please check if the directory
/home/Administrator/grassdata/spearfish60/user1/dbf/
exists. If not, please create it. From current GRASS 6.1-CVS onwards the
dbf/ directory in the current
mapset is created automatically.

Hope this helps

 Markus