NAME

v.out.ascii

SYNOPSIS

v.out.ascii
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v.out.ascii [-o] input=string [output=string]

Flags:

-o
create old (version 4) ascii file

Parameters:

input=string
Name of input vector
output=string
name of resulting ascii file

DESCRIPTION

v.out.ascii converts a GRASS vector map in binary format to a GRASS vector map in ASCII format. Using flag -o v.out.ascii output will be in old (version 4) ascii format.

NOTES

The GRASS program v.in.ascii performs the function of v.out.ascii in reverse; i.e., it converts vector files in ASCII format to their binary format. These two companion programs are useful both for importing and exporting vector files between GRASS and other software, and for transferring data between machines.

The output from v.out.ascii will be placed in the user's current mapset under the $LOCATION/dig_ascii directory.

v.out.ascii does not copy the dig_cats file associated with the binary vector input map to the new output file name. The user must copy the dig_cats file to the new output name if this is desired (e.g., using the UNIX cp command).

SEE ALSO

v.in.ascii

AUTHORS

Michael Higgins, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
James Westervelt, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy

Last changed: $Date: 2003/08/13 09:23:31 $


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