[daip] [Fwd: moving data to different machines ....]

[Amy Mioduszewski]

Victor Migenes wrote:
>> Hi Victor,
>>
>> The data analysts forwarded your question to daip at nrao.edu since it is 
>> mostly an AIPS question.
>>
>> It depends.  What sort of UNIX are you transferring from?  Solaris and 
>> Mac Unix has the opposite byte order than Linux.   In that case you can 
>> use the procedures WRTDISK and READISK to transfer the files (i.e., you 
>> need to write the files out to a fits file, copy them and then read them 
>> back in).  
> 
> Its SOLARIS to LINUX. 
> 
>> If you are transferring the files from a compatible Unix then type RUN 
>> RECAT *outside* of AIPS follow the instructions and that will recreate 
>> the catalog with the new files.
>>
> 
> 
> So this should work ......

What should work?  Solaris has a different byte order than Linux.

Amy