[GRASSLIST:1347] no categories .e00; wurtz script not applicable

Hi,
I have a problem with importing .e00 files and the
subsequent categories that are missing. Here is what
I have done:
m.in.e00 -s lakes.e00
<go to dig_cats>
g.copy vect=lakes, lakes.name
v.info lakes.name

I then receive information that I have missing files:
category, misc, point reg.. This seems odd to me since
when I import the lakes.e00 in ArcView I see the names
of the lakes etc.

I have run a v.report and the category description
field is empty..it looks like
   category info area

2| ......................... 99999meters

For background information, I can display the lakes
without a problem and can get size information by
running the report--just not the category
information..

I %cat lakes.names in the dig_cats files and still see
no names of lakes..yet ArcView sees them..

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Stef

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stef wrote:

I have a problem with importing .e00 files and the
subsequent categories that are missing. Here is what
I have done:
m.in.e00 -s lakes.e00
<go to dig_cats>
g.copy vect=lakes, lakes.name

This command destroy lakes.name (or replace it by the content
of lakes if this file exists) in dig_cats. This explains why
you see nothing in v.reports after that.

the right command to use here (as in my original script) is :
ln lakes.names lakes

and after that, you can use v.report, etc. on lakes

changing the cats is easy :
<go again to dig_cats>
rm lakes
ln lakes.<another file> lakes

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Michel Wurtz - Auzeville-Tolosane