[GRASS-user] v.in.ascii : ERROR: write sidx

[Markus Metz]

Le Jeune Yann wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have just installed GRASS 7.0 svn 57844 on Linux Mint 15.
>
> v.in.ascii stopped during the build process : "ERROR: write sidx: wrong node
> position in file"
>
> Like this :
>
> Scanning input for column types...
> Number of columns: 3
> Importing points...
>  100%
> Building topology for vector map <PTS_menhir2_pc_88M at menhir2>...
> Registering primitives...
> 88509169 primitives registered
> 88509169 vertices registered
> Building areas...
>  100%
> 0 areas built
> 0 isles built
> Attaching islands...
> Attaching centroids...
>  100%
> Number of nodes: 0
> Number of primitives: 88509169
> Number of points: 88509169
> Number of lines: 0
> Number of boundaries: 0
> Number of centroids: 0
> Number of areas: 0
> Number of isles: 0
> ERROR: write sidx: wrong node position in file

If you are using a 32bit OS, you might need large file support (LFS)
which is by default enabled. LFS can but should not be disabled with
--disable-largefile.

Do you have enough free disk space?

If you do not need topology for the points, you can try v.in.ascii -b.

>
> The command was :
> v.in.ascii -z input=${FILE} output=${NAME_OUT} separator="${FS}" z=3
> --overwrite
>
> From a shell script.
>
> Is this a known issue ?

No.

Markus M