[GRASS-user] Adding a point vector

[Markus Neteler]

Hi Kurt,

I can understand your frustration. But...

On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Kurt Springs <ferret_bard at mac.com> wrote:
> Sorry about that.
>
> I meant to say.  I reran v.in.db with all other programs closed as Markus Metz suggested.  I still got the error message:
>
> GRASS 6.4.1 (Mega_Ireland):~ >

This is really 6.4.1? We have made tons of fixes in 6.4.svn, if
you could update it would be cool and would either already
solve it for you are enable us to track it better down.

> v.in.db --overwrite table=wedge_tomb driver=sqlite database=/Users/kurtsprings/Document/wedge.db x=nat_grid_e y=nat_grid_n key=cat output=wedge_tomb
> WARNING: Vector map <wedge_tomb> already exists and will be overwritten
> DBMI-SQLite driver error:
> Unable to open database: unable to open database file

With "lsof" you could check who has opened the file (dunno where lsof
is on Mac), something like:

/usr/sbin/lsof /Users/kurtsprings/Document/wedge.db


...
> When I tried the wxGUI Attribute manager,

The wxGUI Attribute manager has received fixes since 6.4.1.

> So much for something that should only take a few minutes.

Yep - that why we should solve it for 6.4.2.

Markus