[winGRASS] problems starting grass5

[Glynn Clements]

Vincent Roy wrote:

> I have installed winGrass on my box and so far the
> intallation seems to have worked out. However, I am
> unable to get grass to start. The grass5 command
> results in the following msg.
> 
>  $grass5
> [: Roy/.grassrc5 unkown operand
> usage: /usr/local/grass5/etc/lock file pid
> Unable to properly access /home/Vincent Roy/.gslock5
> please notify system personel
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions

Much of GRASS currently fails to handle spaces in filenames. You will
have to arrange for $HOME to be set to a path which doesn't contain
any spaces.

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Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>