After abort command v.surf.rst from wxGUI vector output of devation (devi) couldn´t be removed, or overwrited

[jeleniste]

Removing vector <devi@hutur_DEM>
Tabulka <devi> připojená k vektorové mapě <devi> neexistuje
Nelze smazat soubor <C:\Documents and Settings\BRMichalek\Dokumenty\GIS DataBase/JTSK/hutur_DEM/vector/devi/coor>
couldn't be removed
<devi> nothing removed

I run command v.surf.rst with bad parameters (so hungry for time) after some time i try abort command by button stop, after change of parameters, command don't run because can't overwrite vector map of deviation (fůag -overwrite was used), I try to use module g. remove, but layer devi is broken and module g.remove isn't able to remove this.

[hamish]

so I guess a file is left open by a zombie process? does Windows force closure of any open files once its process has ended?

Hamish

[helena]

This appears to be a MSWin issue - I can confirm that on MSwindows v.surf.rst fails to write either topology or the attribute table (or both) for the devi file and I had to run v.build on the devi file to use it, but the result was OK.

I cannot provide more details now because it runs fine on my Mac at home. Perhaps the path to the vector directory is not built properly (I am just guessing here, I have not looked at the code), maybe it needs fixes to handle the spaces in the directory names? I also noticed that the path above has both \ and / is that correct?

I am running GRASS6.4.1RC1 on both MSWin and Mac.

Helena

[neteler]

A solution might ge to use Vect_delete() immediately before the G_fatal_error() call(s) in order to get rid of the devi map while closing the process.

[hamish]

is this still broken?