[GRASS-user] GIS Lock issue

[Bulent Arikan]

Dear List,

I am running GRASS 6.5 (2012) on Snow Leopard. I want to access a Mapset, have GRASS run analyses, and save new maps on an external HD.  I use this external HD to back up the same computer I am running the GRASS. When I direct GRASS to browse the 'grassdata' folder on the external HD and start GUI from a Mapset (Permanent or others) I get this error:

/Volumes/MacBook Pro Backup/Backups.backupdb/Bulent Arikan’s MacBook Pro/2011-10-25-113623/Ari Bub/Users/bulentarikan/grassdata/TR_WGS84_37N/PERMANENT/.gislock: Permission denied
ERROR: /Applications/GRASS_6.5/GRASS-6.5.app/Contents/MacOS/etc/lock:
Unable to properly access /Volumes/MacBook Pro Backup/Backups.backupdb/Bulent Arikan’s MacBook Pro/2011-10-25-113623/Ari Bub/Users/bulentarikan/grassdata/TR_WGS84_37N/PERMANENT/.gislock
Please notify system personel.
logout

[Process completed]

I am not running concurrent sessions and I know that GIS Lock is a feature but is there a way to get around this, so that I can save time by directly having some very large-size maps stored in external HD?

Thank you.


BÜLENT ARIKAN, PhD
Senior Research Fellow
Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations
Koç University
İstiklal Caddesi No: 181 Merkez Han
Beyoğlu - ISTANBUL
TURKEY
34433
(+ 90) 212-393-6036

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