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

Michael Denslow michael.denslow at gmail.com
Mon Oct 27 09:30:55 EDT 2008


Hi Markus,

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org> wrote:
> 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.
>

Thanks for the suggestion, this fixed the problem. Both functions work
as expected now. Should I report this in a more formal way?
Michael


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