[GRASSLIST:10841] Re: Problem with r.contour

[Hamish]

> 
> I'm using r.contour to extract contours from a DEM raster. Everything 
> works fine until I try to do a region over a certain size. Then 
> r.contour just quits spontaneously. If I run it from the command line,
> all it says is "Killed".
> 
> I'm sure it's a memory/size problem, and the routine take a long time,
> but I just want to set it to work and wait for the response. Is there 
> anyone who understands r.contour enough who would care to do some 
> debugging? I'd be happy to work together on this.

try running "top" in a terminal window along side and watch the memory
grow.

How big is too big?


Hamish