In G7 # transfer cats to new layers, as the manual describes [1] v.category polygons option=transfer layer=1,2 out=polygons_tmp
# checking v.db.select polygons_tmp cat|id|cat_ 1|1| v.db.select polygons_tmp layer=2 cat Shouldn't that work out-of-the box? N ps- Related: <http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/17076/how-to-make-the-layer-2-use-the-same-vector-categories-from-layer-1> --- [1] <http://grass.fbk.eu/manuals/html70_user/v.category.html> --%<--- Copy categories from layer 1 to layer 2,3,4,5,6,7 and 8 Existing layer will be overwritten, non-existing will be created. v.category input=observer output=observer_new option=transfer layer=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 -->%--- _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev