[GRASS-windows] new user

[Moritz Lennert]

On 24/01/08 03:01, maab Bahjat wrote:
> Hi,
> I am a new user for GRASS. i have three questions:
> 1- i am installing it in windows XP platform. i followed instruction 
> provided in this site 
> http://download.osgeo.org/grass/grass62/binary/mswindows/#icon
> but after i finished installing it, i could not start either cygwin nor 
> the GRASS.
> When i run the batch file cygwin.bat or cygwin_grass.bat
> it gives me the following message
> bash is not recognized as an internal or external command.
>  
> 2- another thing is that in same site i used instruction on 
> installation, it says "add this to the end of ~/.bashrc :" what does 
> that mean? i add a code where? which file i add code to ?
>  
> 3- Actually i would like to explore the map generation feature? can you 
> guide me on how i should do this?

I cannot help you with the cygwin issues, but you could also try to 
native wingrass binaries available at:

http://geog-pc40.ulb.ac.be/grass/wingrass/

If you want to go down that road, be sure to read the README and 
http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/WinGRASS_Current_Status.

Moritz