[daip] TIMDEST side-effects

[Eric Greisen]

Robert Laing writes:

 > One of our users has succeeded in removing some data which were not backed
 > up by injudicious use of TIMDEST. Our system manager believes that it
 > might be possible to save some of the individual data-files, but is it
 > still possible to reconstruct the user catalogue if these can be
 > resurrected?
 > 

     The procedure CAD may be used to examine the data areas for
correctness - absence of dangling files and the like.  Then
     RUN RECAT
will rebuild a catalog from whatever files are present.


Edit the NETSP file in $NET0 (usually $AIPS_ROOT/DA00) area to put in
larger TIMDEST limits.

Eric