Arc/Info Export (polygon maps) to GRASS

Good Afternoon

I'm interested to know if anyone has imported ARC/INFO files , polygon maps
I think, without having ARC/INFO . I have a flood damage boundary map and would
like to bring it into Grass4.1

Any suggestions , comments

Basically I can't 'ungenerate' the ARC file. Does 'ungenerate' put this file
into some sort of ascii format ?

Thanks

Jeremy