[GRASS-user] v.patch and r.patch fails to execute in GIS manager and command line (WinGRASS 6.3 - Vista)

[Michael Barton]

On Jan 5, 2009, at 10:00 AM, <grass-user-request at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 17:00:47 -0800 (PST)
> From: Kenneth Brookes <ken_brookes at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [GRASS-user] v.patch and r.patch fails to execute in GIS
> 	manager	and command line (WinGRASS 6.3 - Vista)
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> Hello
>
> I've run into a problem trying to use v.patch and r.patch. I've tried
> through the GIS manager GUI and the command line shell and get a  
> window
> pop-up saying "Couldn't execute 'v.patch': invalide argument". I've  
> tried to
> use this to combine several files of the same data format with no  
> luck.
> Anybody have any idea what the problem might be.
>
> Thanks
>
> K. Brookes
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This is a Vista issue. My students had the same problem on Vista but  
not on XP. I thought that these were fixed in winGRASS some time back.  
Can someone confirm if this is an out of date binary or something else?

Thanks
Michael