[GRASS-user] Re: DBMI-DBF driver error

[Matt]

Any suggestions on what I may be doing wrong?

On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Matt <mlpublic42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a problem working through the DBF driver example on pp 174-175
> of Neteler & Mitasova with the North Carolina dataset.  I''m running
> version 6.3.0-4 under Windows Vista.  The first two commands execute
> without any obvious errors when run from the bottom window of "GIS.m".
>  But the third command has problems.
>
> db.connect driver=dbf database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/dbf/'
> db.connect -p
> g.copy vect=roadsmajor,myroadsmajor
>
> Output from db.connect -p is
>     river:dbf
>     database:'$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/dbf
>     schema:
>     group:
>
> Output from g.copy vect=roadsmajor,myroadsmajor is
>     g.copy vect=roadsmajor,myroadsmajor
>
>     Copy vector <roadsmajor at PERMANENT> to current mapset as <myroadsmajor>
>     DBMI-DBF driver error:
>     Cannot create dbf database:
> 'C:/Users/Matt/Documents/GISdata/nc_spm_08/PERMANENT/dbf
>
>
>     Cannot open database
> ''C:/Users/Matt/Documents/GISdata/nc_spm_08/PERMANENT/dbf'
>     no database is open
>
>     Unable to copy table <myroadsmajor>
>
>     Cannot copy <roadsmajor at PERMANENT> to current mapset as <myroadsmajor>
>
> I've checked and the file
> 'C:/Users/Matt/Documents/GISdata/nc_spm_08/PERMANENT/roadsmajor.dbf'
> does indeed exist.  What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Matt
>