[GRASS-windows] No such file or directory

[Markus Neteler]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Peter Brooks<peter at timedworld.com> wrote:
> Hi, I've downloaded the 'ncexternal' data from the grassbook website -
>  I created a 'ncexternal' mapset folder and copied the files into
> there.
>
> Whenever I try the examples that access import or process these files
> I get an error message in GRASS. For example on p62
>
> r.in.poly in=newfacility.txt out=new_facility_1m
>
> gives
>
> newfacility.txt: No such file or directory
>
> although the file is there. I have tried adding the folder to the
> Windows path, but that doesn't solve it.

Peter - two ideas:

- does it work when you use the GUI (i.e., launch r.in.poly without
  parameters)?
- does the path to newfacility.txt contain white space? We are still
   hunting down those cases where it fails

best
Markus