[daip] installing aips

[Eric Greisen]

Pedro Montero writes:
 > 
 > Hello Patrick,
 > 
 > Thanks a lot for your help.
 > 
 > > [1] The line:
 > >          WORKST=`nslookup $WORKST | grep '^Name:' | awk '{print $2}'`
 > >     in START_AIPS will need replaced with something like this:
 > >          WORKST=`host $WORKST | awk '{print $NF}'`
 > >     (untested, but should work).  However, this line will FAIL on systems
 > >     that have the older version of the bind utilities, such as stock
 > >     Solaris systems, older OSF1/Alpha systems, and likely many more.
 > >
 > 
 > I tried that but didn't work but  anyway, if I run it on the PC I
 > have installed a have a number of errors. It opens the tv screens and so on
 > well but when I insert the ID number tells me that can't find a several
 > files that should be on DA01; Any idea what is now the problem??

 > START_AIPS: I am GUESSING you are at a workstation called rigel

     Looks good now.

 > ?XASERVERS: Start TV LOCK daemon TVSERV on rigel
 > TVSERVER: Starting AIPS TV locking, Inet domain
 > XASERVERS: Start XAS on rigel, DISPLAY :0
 > XAS: ** TrueColor FOUND!!!
 > XAS: Using screen width height 1014 668, max grey level 255
 > XAS: ***  Using shared memory option for speed ***
 > XASERVERS: Start graphics server TEKSRV on rigel, DISPLAY :0
 > XASERVERS: Start message server MSGSRV on rigel, DISPLAY :0

       definitely working.

 > 
 > AIPS 1: Enter user ID number
 > ?15
 >  ZMSGOP: FILE DA01:MSD00F000.00F;      NOT FOUND
 > MSGWRT ERROR      2 AT OPEN
 > AIPS 1: ZCREA2: CREATE ERROR
 >  ZMSGOP: FILE DA01:MSD00F000.00F;      NOT FOUND
 > MSGWRT ERROR      2 AT OPEN
 > AIPS 1: ZERROR: ON FILE DA01:MSD00F000.00F;
 >  ZMSGOP: FILE DA01:MSD00F000.00F;      NOT FOUND
 > MSGWRT ERROR      2 AT OPEN
 > AIPS 1: ZERROR: IN ZCREA2 ERRNO = 13 (Permission denied)
 >  ZMSGOP: FILE DA01:MSD00F000.00F;      NOT FOUND

      You have left out the messages at the start that show the disk
assignments for DA01 (and ?? DA02 and DA03...).  But you do not have
write privilege in those directories.  As a consequence AIPS cannot
create your message file (or any data files).

Eric Greisen