[GRASS-user] v.in.ascii problems when creating 3d vector GRASS 6.5

[Hamish]

stephen sefick wrote:
> > I am trying to import a 3-d vector that will eventually be
> > interpolated with v.surf.idw.
...
John:
> Use this before v.in.ascii to connect the database:
> 
> db.connect driver=dbf database=$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/dbf/ -p

you will want to use 'single' quotes around that database= string
to stop the shell from trying to expand the $VARIABLES.


> To add to that, if there is a space between the values, fs=space
> (not " ").

actually it doesn't mind, both ways work.



Hamish