[daip] VLAPROCS problem

[Eric Greisen]

Jim Higdon writes:

 > 	When I try running the runfile VLAPROCS, it halts during the
 > VLADUMMY call and says: "BLEW CORE!".  What's up with that?  My version
 > of AIPS has never done this before (and I have 1 Gig of RAM and nothing
 > else running apart from Netscape).  I'm also seeing some strange
 > behavior in FILLM when I load disk fits files, but that's for another
 > time. I can't calibrate data w/o running VLAPROCS.

I had better add a little to Jim's reply.

Having "BLEW CORE" which is the POPS large but finite memory you may
have to do a RESTORE 0.  The COMPRESS may fail due to the broken
procedure when compiling and blowing the core.

For the future

When you RUN VLAPROCS you compile procedures which you may then
execute by giving their names.  When you EXIT, these procedures are
saved in your LASTEXIT SAVE/GET area.  Then when you start again they
are restored.  Thus there is no reason to recompile them, i.e. no
reason to enter RUN VLAPROCS again.  Just reference the individual
procs and you are golden.  If you think they may not be there, enter
HELP PROCS and aips will show you all known procedures.

If you enter COMPRESS before a RUN VLAPROCS then (if it works) you
will free the core enough that the RUN VLAPROCS will not blow the core.
The space available is shown by the verb CORE.

Eric Greisen