[daip] Re: AIPS file error

[Ian M. Hoffman]

Eric,

 The RECAT worked! Thanks so much.

Ian

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Eric Greisen wrote:

> Ian Hoffman writes:
>  > Hi,
>  > 
>  >  I just started having this problem on my home machine:
>  >     
>  > localh> IMAGR1: Task IMAGR  (release of 31DEC04) begins
>  > localh> IMAGR1: ZCREAT ERROR     1 FOR W44-EF      .IMAGR .   1
>  > localh> IMAGR1: OUCREA: ERROR  5 CREATING OUTPUT FILE
>  > localh> IMAGR1: OUCREA: CREATING UVdata work object
>  > localh> IMAGR1: OUVCLN: ERROR CLONING Input UVdata
>  > localh> IMAGR1: OUVCLN: TO UVdata work object
>  > localh> IMAGR1: Purports to die of UNNATURAL causes
>  > localh> IMAGR1: blue         31DEC04 TST: Cpu=       0.1  Real=       0
>  >           
>  >  What do these errors mean? Can you tell from this what is their cause?
> 
> The ZCRET error 1 says that the file already exists.  Somehow, you
> have gotten the work file created but not in your catalog file.  I
> first thought to recommend the - outside AIPS - tool RECAT but that
> would work only if this dangling file also has a header file.  You
> need to determine which disk area the file is in and which one of the
> UVDccc001.uuu; files it is.  The ccc is the catalog number and there
> should be other ??Dccc???.uuu; files as well (uuu is your user
> number). 
> 
> The RECAT business is probably worth a try.
> 
> cd $AIPS_ROOT
> source LOGIN.CSH   (or . LOGIN.SH)
> $CDTST
> cd your data area
> mv CAD000000.uuu\; CAD000000.uuu.save
> RUN RECAT
> 
> and answer questions.  Have it look for catalog numbers much larger
> than you think should occur.  See if
> W44-EF      .IMAGR .   1
> is listed as being found.  You can also re-run aips and see if it
> appears.  If not you will need to find the file some other way and
> delete it.
> 
> Eric Greisen
> 
>