Trouble with v.in.arc

Greetings!

  This is my first posting to this list, so please excuse any
breaches of Netiquette.

  I am trying to use the v.in.arc function (program?) to read
a file in ARC/INFO GENERATE format. The function cannot seem to open
the file for reading, no matter where I am in the directory structure
and regardless of the protections on the file.

  Needless to say, this is quite frustrating when I can see the
file, vi it, and see no problem with it. I also am trying to evaluate
GRASS for a seminar report which is due in a few days.

  Any help is appreciated. Even that of the, "Well, dummy, it's
right there in the manual" sort.

Harry Sharp

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Put the file in sub directory $LOCATION/arc
If you don't have the subdirectory, create it.
This is the place where v.in.arc seaches for the input files.

Lars