Atlas > GRASS using v.in.dxf (help, irk!)

Hi users, I've been asked to transfer a vector file from Atlas GIS
to GRASS as part of a wholesale shift. Since Atlas can export
its coverages in dxf format it made sense to do that and use
v.in.dxf. When I run v.in.dxf it ticks over the % done but when
it's finished (granted, 98% is the last number I see) I can't find
any dig files in my mapset and when I run v.support it tells me
there are no binary vector files. Am I missing a step somewhere?
The original ATLAS file is just the vectors for a bunch of
polygons with a single attribute attached, and though I don't
know anything of dxf, the file that comes out of ATLAS seems
coherent.

My gracious thanks to anyone in advance...

Peter Briggs

Temporarily at Indiana U. as micromet@rata.geog.indiana.edu