Hi Marcos do NOT use a .shp extension in your mapfile (DATA section). this will solve it:
LAYER NAME "Parcels" STATUS ON DATA "surveying/parcels" TYPE POLYGON CLASS COLOR 255 255 204 OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0 END END Mit freundlichem Gruss / Best Regards Flavio Hendry ---------------------------------------------------------------- TYDAC Web-Site: http://www.tydac.ch TYDAC MapServer: http://www.mapserver.ch ---------------------------------------------------------------- ############ Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Kind Regards ############ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ############ TYDAC AG - http://www.tydac.ch #### #### Geographic Information Solutions #### #### Luternauweg 12 -- CH-3006 Bern ############ Tel +41 (0)31 368 0180 - Fax +41 (0)31 368 1860 ---------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Marcos Sánchez Provencio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 14:37:35 +0200 Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] qix files > Now that I've seen how kind you are... > > I get this warning I cannot ignore, since it comes up as an error: > IOError at /simif/wms/mapserv/ > msSearchDiskTree(): Unable to access file. Unable to open spatial > index > for > /home/simif/src/simif/mapas/vardatos/PENINSULA_fc200708090001.4.shp.q > ix. In most cases you can safely ignore this message, otherwise check > file names and permissions. > > Can I ignore the message (with some kind of ignore warnings flag)? > Can I > force it not to use qix file, no matter how slow it works? > > Alternatively, I have a shx file (some kind of index too, I guess), > can > I make it use that instead? > > Also, if I generate the qix file, mapbuilder either does not find > PENINSULA_fc200708090001.4.shp (if i do not include .shp) or > PENINSULA_fc200708090001.4.qix (if i do include it). Funny :-P > > Anything better than generating qix files and renaming them to > .shp.qix?