[daip] Re: AIPS

[Eric Greisen]

Preeti Kharb writes:

 > Could I please bother you about a new set of errors which I am getting on
 > running AIPS ?  On running any task in AIPS I get the following error
 > message repeatedly:
 > 
 >  ZMSGDK: OPER = READ LUN = 12 NREC =       64
 >  ZFI2: REQUEST FOR BYTES 64513 THRU = 65536 BEYOND EOF = 64512
 >  ZMSGER: IN ZFI2 ERRNO = 22 (Invalid argument)
 > MSGWRT ERROR      3 AT WRIT
 > 
 > Have I removed any file unknowingly again ?
 > 

The message file has been corrupted - it thinks it is larger than it
is.  The file is in the first data area with name MSDuuu000.uuu\;
where uuu is the user number in extended hex.  I assume you do not
need the messages so exit aips.  Go to this area and delete the file,
then start up again.

Eric Greisen