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

[John Tate]

On Thursday 07 January 2010 02:57:02 Hamish wrote:
> 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
> 

Cheers for these corrections Hamish.

I must learn to be more careful in my efforts to give back to the community, 
after you all helped me when I got started. I still have a lot to learn.

John