[winGRASS] Re: Problem on install GRASS

[Andreas Lange]

Hi,

its the usual problem with spaces in paths/filenames.
We should really check if its only a problem with the shell startup
script and/or issue a more specific error message. 

HTH,

Andreas


Markus Neteler wrote:
> 
> Dear winGRASS users,
> 
> does anyone have a hint for Jennifer (please also cc to her)?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  Markus
> 
> On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 08:49:04AM -0600, Jennifer Hu wrote:
> > I followed the instructions on your web site on how to install GRASS 5.0 on Win32 with Cygwin 1.x. My OS is Windows XP, the cygwin and XWindow (XFree86) can operate very well, but whenever I issue Grass command, the following messeage appears:
> >
> > [: and: unknown operand
> > usage: /usr/local/grass5/etc/lock file pid
> > Unable to properly access /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/Jennifer/.gislock5
                                                   ^   ^ spaces in path!


> > Please notify system personel.
> >
> > Could you please help me solve this problem?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Jennifer Hu

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