On Feb 20, 2009, at 10:00 AM, <grass-dev-request@lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:09:05 -0000
From: "GRASS GIS" <trac@osgeo.org>
Subject: [GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #502: wxgui / osgeo4w: db.describe
execution failed
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"#502: wxgui / osgeo4w: db.describe execution failed
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Reporter: hamish | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: 6.4.0
Component: Database | Version: 6.4.0 RCs
Keywords: osgeo4w | Platform: MSWindows XP
Cpu: x86-32 |
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Hi,latest OSGeo4W binary install of 6.4.0rc3 on windows xp.
using the wxpython GUI.
Spearfish: add vector map
select roads. (or any other map)
don't even press [ok].pop up error:
{{{
window title: Error in command execution db.describe.exeExecution failed 'db.describe.exe -c --q table=roads driver=dbf
database=C:/DocumentsandSettings/Hamish/grassdata/spearfish60/PERMANENT/dbf/'Details:
Error: Unable to open database
<C:/DocumentsandSettings/Hamish/grassdata/spearfish60/PERMANENT/dbf/>
}}}perhaps it is something to do with the spaces being stripped out of
"DocumentsandSettings" ??after that the map renders ok, but I get the same error if I try to query
the vector map.querying the elevation.10m raster map spits out some error messages to the
output window but then scrolls away and gives good data. (sorry already
gone, no cut&paste)Hamish
Hamish,
Just helped a visiting student install the OSGeo4W GRASS yesterday and hit several of the issues you mention. This one is easy to work around, but I don't know how to fix.
The problem is because db.describe won't parse path names with spaces--at least in our case. When we moved the GRASS database to C:/grassdata all worked fine.
Michael