Circle generation

Help,

I thought that in GRASS3.0 there was a module where you could
generate a circle (in vector form) by specifying an x,y location
and the radius of the circle. I cannot seem to accomplish this
task easily within GRASS4.0. I can get a vector circle by
specifying a site location, converting to a raster map, then
using r.buffer and finally r.poly. I am certain that I did it
much easier before, but cannot find the module to do it in 4.0.

I tried d.mapgraph but cannot get circle, only point defined polygons.
Besides, these graphics appear to only be graphics, I want to save
the circles as a vector file for later use.

I imagine I have just over-looked something and would greatly
appreciate any insight anyone could provide.

Thanks in advance.

Mark