[daip] Something seems to have broken in FITLD in the last couple of weeks

[Eric Greisen]

Michael Bietenholz writes:
 > FITLD (31Dec07; MNJ today) fails to load a file that it successfully
 > loaded a few weeks ago (I think it was a MNJ Oct 3 version that
 > worked).  The 31DEC06 version can still successfully load it.
 > 
 > The file in question BB241_G1=HPOL4IF8MHZ16CH_1.6005GHZ00 from the
 > NRAO archive (VLBI; 512 Mbits/s; part 1; the associated "G2","U1" and
 > "U2" files won't load either).
 > 
 >   FITLD1: Task FITLD  (release of 31DEC07) begins
 >   FITLD1: Found MULTI    observed on 25-APR-2007
 >   FITLD1: Create BB241_G1    .FXPOL .   2 (UV)  on disk  9  cno   60
 >   FITLD1: Warning: table type OB is of zero length
 >   FITLD1: ZOPEN: FILE
 >   FITLD1: RUVFIL: ERROR  2 ON OPEN UV FILE TO EXPAND
 >   FITLD1: ERROR      2 RETURNED FROM FITRXU
 >   FITLD1: Purports to die of UNNATURAL causes
 > 
 > There is plenty of disk space on the machine, so that's not the problem,
 > and I'm not trying to attach to any pre-existing file (DOCONCAT=-1).
 > 
I know - inadequate testing of files written by FITAB from before I
tried to fix it (along with UVLOD and FITLD).  I am working on it and
perhaps will get it done today.  Yours is the second report today but
no one has complained previosly.

Eric Greisen