[daip] AIPS-31DEC05: BAD CHARACTERS IN ADVERB OUTPRINT ???

[jcammisa at haverford.edu]

greetings.  last week we finally made the jump to AIPS-31DEC05; everything
worked splendidly with only one exception-  one user is having adverb
trouble on every single task she tries, eg,

>getn 4
AIPS 1: Got(1)   disk= 1  user=  22   type=UV   20030310.L BAND.1
>inp prthi
AIPS 1: PRTHI:  Verb to print the HI (History) file of an image
AIPS 1: Adverbs     Values                 Comments
AIPS 1: ----------------------------------------------------------------
AIPS 1: USERID        0                    User ID. 0=>current user
AIPS 1:                                      32000=>all users
AIPS 1: INNAME     '20030310'              Image name(name).
AIPS 1: INCLASS    'L BAND'                Image name(class).
AIPS 1: INSEQ         1                    Image name(seq. #). 0=>high
AIPS 1: INDISK        1                    Disk drive #. 0=>any
AIPS 1: DOCRT         0                    <= 0 -> List on line printer
AIPS 1:                                    > 0  -> List on terminal
AIPS 1: CHARACTER    1 BAD IN
AIPS 1: BAD CHARACTERS IN ADVERB OUTPRINT
AIPS 1: CHARACTER?
>go prthi
AIPS 1: CHARACTER    1 BAD IN
AIPS 1: BAD CHARACTERS IN ADVERB OUTPRINT
AIPS 1: CHARACTER?

when we look in detail at the user's catalog, we see something that looks
pertinent indeed--there are related files whose status indicates that they
are currently being written (though there is really no reason why this
should be so).  eg,

>mcat
AIPS 1: Catalog on disk  1
AIPS 1:  Cat Usid Mapname      Class   Seq  Pt     Last access      Stat
AIPS 1:    5   22 20030310    .TVFLGR.    1 MA 24-MAR-2003 15:39:55 WRIT
AIPS 1:    6   22 20030310    .TVFLGR.    2 MA 24-MAR-2003 15:49:03 WRIT
AIPS 1:    7   22 20030310    .TVFLGR.    3 MA 24-MAR-2003 16:04:01 WRIT

any idea what might be the problem here?  could it be as simple as, say, a
corrupted SAVE-GET file?  any input you might have would be hugely
appreciated, as usual...

thanks in advance.

-joe
610-896-4239