WinGrass: r.out.xyz error

[hellik]

self-compild WinGrass r40741 in osgeo4w-stack

r.out.xyz --verbose input=elevation@PERMANENT output=C:\wd\mg\elev.xyz          
D2/3: filename =
c:/OSGeo4W/apps/grass/grass-6.4.0svn/scripts/r.out.xyz
D2/3: set GIS_OPT_INPUT=elevation@PERMANENT
D2/3: set GIS_OPT_OUTPUT=C:wdmgelev.xyz
D2/3: set GIS_OPT_FS=|
D3/3: win_spawn: args = C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /c
"C:/OSGeo4W/apps/msys/bin/sh
c:/OSGeo4W/apps/grass/grass-6.4.0svn/scripts/r.out.xyz
@ARGS_PARSED@"
c:/OSGeo4W/apps/grass/grass-6.4.0svn/scripts/r.out.xyz: line
61: C:wdmgelev.xyz: Permission denied
D1/3: ret = 1

there seems a path problem with the output-file.

Helmut

[glynn]

Replying to hellik:

self-compild WinGrass r40741 in osgeo4w-stack

r.out.xyz --verbose input=elevation@PERMANENT output=C:\wd\mg\elev.xyz          

Are you running this via the MSys shell or via cmd.exe?

The MSys shell interprets backslashes, so they need to be escaped:

r.out.xyz --verbose input=elevation@PERMANENT output=C:\\wd\\mg\\elev.xyz

or quoted:

r.out.xyz --verbose input=elevation@PERMANENT output='C:\wd\mg\elev.xyz'

In most situations, you can use a forward slash instead:

r.out.xyz --verbose input=elevation@PERMANENT output=C:/wd/mg/elev.xyz

OTOH, if you're running the command via cmd.exe (Windows' own command prompt), this would be a bug.

[hellik]

Replying to glynn:

Replying to hellik:

self-compild WinGrass r40741 in osgeo4w-stack

r.out.xyz --verbose input=elevation@PERMANENT output=C:\wd\mg\elev.xyz          

Are you running this via the MSys shell or via cmd.exe?

starting point was the wx-gui which didn't work and from which the original error message comes. then i've tried the command from the wx-gui in the msys-shell and the same error message comes up.

The MSys shell interprets backslashes, so they need to be escaped:

r.out.xyz --verbose input=elevation@PERMANENT output=C:\\wd\\mg\\elev.xyz

working in the msys-shell

or quoted:

r.out.xyz --verbose input=elevation@PERMANENT output='C:\wd\mg\elev.xyz'

working in the msys-shell

In most situations, you can use a forward slash instead:

r.out.xyz --verbose input=elevation@PERMANENT output=C:/wd/mg/elev.xyz

working in the msys-shell

OTOH, if you're running the command via cmd.exe (Windows' own command prompt), this would be a bug.

Helmut

[hamish]

Does this command work: (from the MSys terminal prompt)

 r.stats -1gn elevation > C:\wd\mg\elev.xyz

?

also, I seem to recall that MS Windows generally prefers you use "double" quotes for quoting. (for msys it shouldn't matter, but for a DOS-in-a-box it could)

Hamish

[hellik]

Replying to glynn:

Replying to hellik:

self-compild WinGrass r40741 in osgeo4w-stack

r.out.xyz --verbose input=elevation@PERMANENT output=C:\wd\mg\elev.xyz          

Are you running this via the MSys shell or via cmd.exe?

also tested in the actual daily WinGrass-build (​http://josef.fsv.cvut.cz/wingrass/grass64/) via cmd.exe which the original r.out.xyz --verbose input=elevation@PERMANENT output=C:\wd\mg\elev.xyz, but this also fails in the cmd.exe

Helmut

[hellik]

Replying to hamish:

Does this command work: (from the MSys terminal prompt)

 r.stats -1gn elevation > C:\wd\mg\elev.xyz

?

in the msys-shell

GRASS 6.4> r.stats -1gn elevation > C:\wd\mg\elev.xyz
sh: C:wdmgelev.xyz: Permission denied

but

GRASS 6.4> r.stats -1gn elevation > "C:\wd\mg\elev.xyz"
 100%

[hamish]

msys GRASS 6.4> ls C:\Temp\*
ls: C:Temp*: No such file or directory

the problem is that "\" has special meaning in a bourne shell, so when used litterally needs to be quoted. What you have done is quoted the w, m, and e characters in your filename and so the resulting string is C:wdmgelev.xyz, and apparently you don't have permission to write to your C:\ directory from that user account.

this should work without "quotes":

GRASS 6.4> r.stats -1gn elevation > C:\\wd\\mg\\elev.xyz

Hamish