buffer a polygon

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Dear GRASSusers,
  What is the best way of buffering a polygon or line vector file.
We were able to buffer a site (point) file with s.poly. Is there a command which will buffer a line or a polygon ?
          Daniel H. Rdoriguez
          Texas A&M University
                 College Station, Tx. 77843-2135
                409 845-9425
  

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In info.grass.user you write:

look at r.buffer. You have to convert your vector map to raster first.

Dear GRASSusers,
What is the best way of buffering a polygon or line vector file.
We were able to buffer a site (point) file with s.poly. Is there a command which will buffer a line or a polygon ?
        Daniel H. Rdoriguez
        Texas A&M University
               College Station, Tx. 77843-2135
              409 845-9425

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