[daip] aips installation problem - can you help?

[Patrick P. Murphy]

Sorry for the delay in responding.

On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:12:48 PDT, yang at beluga.phys.UVic.CA (Stephenson
   Yang) said: 
> AipsWiz:  =====> Generate system files via FILAIP/POPSGN...

  <snip>

> FILAI1: ZCREA2: ERROR CREATING SPACE LOCK FILE = DA00:SPACE
> FILAI1: ZERROR: ON FILE DA00:BQD000000;
> FILAI1: ZERROR: IN ZCREA2 ERRNO = 2 (No such file or directory)

1.  What is your hostname?  Does "uname -n" produce a simple hostname like
    "orangutan" or a fully qualified name like "orangutan.cv.nrao.edu"?
2.  Assume your hostname is "mycpu", is there a DA00/MYCPU/ directory
    under your AIPS_ROOT area?  If not, please create it.  Watch out in
    case there's a MYCPU.PHYS.UVIC.CA directory instead; this could be the
    problem.
3.  If you create or rename the directory, also create an empty file in
    there (use the unix "touch" command) called SPACE.
4.  Make sure you have write access to the area.

You can either re-run the wizard, or follow its instructions:

> AipsWiz: Error: FILAIP did not work, or there's a missing file!
> AipsWiz: Error: This may mean that FILAIP did not work (it should have
> AipsWiz: Error: created it and many other files in that area).
> AipsWiz: Error: You can try running it by hand after (a) dotting the
> AipsWiz: Error: LOGIN.SH file or sourcing the LOGIN.CSH file; and
> AipsWiz: Error: (b) Typing 'RUN FILAIP'.  You will then be asked for
> AipsWiz: Error: several parameters.  Use
 
> 35 -100
> 8 2
> 8
 
> AipsWiz: Error: as the standard values.
> AipsWiz: Error: You will also have to RUN POPSGN if that works.
 
I.e.:

    cd /home/aips           (or wherever)
    . ./LOGIN.SH            (or if you use csh/tcsh, "source LOGIN.CSH")
    $CDTST                  (should say "AIPS_VERSION=/home/aips/31DEC99")
    RUN FILAIP              (it will ask you for three lines of input:)
      35 -100
      8 2
      8
                            (at this point it should tell you to run POPSGN)
    RUN POPSGN              (it will ask for some stuff, enter this EXACTLY:)
      0 POPSDAT TST         (and when you see ">", press RETURN again)

This will get you past that stage.

				- Pat