[GRASS-windows] r.report, r.patch

[Markus Neteler]

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Michael D. <michael.denslow at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello GRASS users, I seem to be having the same problem with r.report as
> mentioned below. I am using Windows XP.
>
> Helena Mitasova wrote:
>
>> 1. r.report does not work for two students (one has VISTA one has XP)
>> it does not print anything - it works for me
>> and others - has anybody had a similar problem?
>
>
> I get the following error when I type the command
> r.report -h towns units=h
> into the command line (this is an example from page 101 of the Neteler and
> Mitasova book)
>
> Sorry <and> is not a valid option
> Sorry <Setting/md/My> is not a valid option
> and so on...
>
> I think it has to do with spaces in the file paths. So can I just move the
> GIS Database folder to a path without spaces and remove the space in the
> folder name? I am not sure what to do here. Also I am not a programmer so I
> am in need of a simple suggestion.

Yes, it should be as simple as that (no white spaces in the path).
Please continue to report so that we can try to fix them.

Markus