where i can find the shp directory ?

[waterweaver]

shp directory was already created or manually i create that directory

[alegonzalezc]

i have this question myself... please someone help us.

[ravaan]

You can keep the .shp files in any folder you want, just keep in mind to have the correct path to the .shp file in referenced in your osm.xml file situated in /etc/mapnik-carto-osm/osm.xml

You can also search for the .shp file using this command:
sudo find / -type f -name "filename here"

add *.shp in between double quotes.

[patrickmaynard]

Please update the readme file to include instructions for creating a shp directory in the appropriate place. Right now, it says "Download them to the shp directory" when no such directory exists.

[ravaan]

As many users are having the same problem I'll add this solution as a note or in brackets.
I am adding this as a side note because I don't remember whether a default directory is set in the osm.xml file, if a directory is already set then the readme points to that directory as the shp directory and only mention of that directory should suffice.