[daip] [Fwd: Re: archive data request]

[Amy Mioduszewski]

Hi Hiroshi,

I will download your data and see if there is a problem with
the files in the archive.  I suspect however that the problem is
either in the ftp or putting the files back together.

Cheers,

Amy

Data Analysts wrote:
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> Subject:
> Re: archive data request
> From:
> NAGAI Hiroshi <hiroshi.nagai at nao.ac.jp>
> Date:
> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:25:32 +0900
> To:
> Data Analysts <analysts at aoc.nrao.edu>
> 
> To:
> Data Analysts <analysts at aoc.nrao.edu>
> 
> 
> Hello Meri,
> 
> The methods you suggested does work well.
> I downloaded two data (BV031A=HPOL1IF1MHZ1024CH_1.4109GHZ00
> and BV031A=HPOL1IF1MHZ1024CH_1.4125GHZ00) successfully,
> and I tried to load them using AIPS task FITLD.
> But, the task did not work well. The error message is as follows;
> 
> HMF   > FITLD1: Warning: table type OB is of zero length
> HMF   > FITLD1: UVINIT: LREC, NPIO =      3      0 ILLEGAL
> HMF   > FITLD1: UVINIT: OR NVIS, BUFSZ, OR BO =         0 101376      1 ILLEGAL
> HMF   > FITLD1: ERROR      2 RETURNED FROM FITRXU
> HMF   > FITLD1: Purports to die of UNNATURAL causes
> 
> 
> It looks like the problem of the format of FITS file.
> I have not downloaded BV032***, so I am not sure whether the files
> of BV032*** have the same problem or not.
> I would appreciate if you could give me some advice.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Hiroshi
> 
> 
> 
> Data Analysts wrote:
>> Hello Hiroshi,
>>
>> I moved the files so they will not be deleted
>> automatically after two days. Now to find them:
>>
>> ftp to ftp.aoc.nrao.edu,
>> login as anonymous,
>> use your email address as the password,
>> cd to pub/analysts.
>>
>> The 4 regular files are there. But I also split
>> the first file into 4 smaller pieces of ~1 GB each.
>> They are named the same, but have aa, ab, ac, ad
>> at the end. (ie, BV031A=HPOL1IF1MHZ1024CH_1.4125GHZ00aa)
>> So try ftping those smaller files and let me know if
>> that works better. (To put the files back together, use
>> the 'cat' command. "cat (file2) >> (file1)". It appends
>> the second file to the end of the first file. This is only
>> available on unix/linux machines.) I can split the
>> other files if this works.
>>
>> OR if you are on a unix/linux machine you can use
>> the 'wget' command from a unix prompt. The command
>> is 'wget -c ftp.aoc.nrao.edu:/pub/analysts/(filename)'. This
>> command allows you to restart the transfer process even
>> if the process dies in the middle of a file. It will restart
>> right where it stopped. You won't have to start over.
>>
>> I hope one of these two methods will work for you.
>> Please let me know what happens.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Meri
>>
>>
>>
>> NAGAI Hiroshi wrote:
>>   
>>> Hello Meri,
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for your help.
>>> I found the data in the web, and I tried to download it.
>>> But, the data downloading was refused by remote server before finishing
>>> retrieing the data.
>>> Probably it is due to taking long time to download it, because the size
>>> of the data is huge.
>>> I would appreciate if you give me some advice or any other good idea.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Hiroshi
>>>
>>> Data Analysts wrote:
>>>   
>>>     
>>>> Hello Hiroshi,
>>>>
>>>> The data should appear in the web archive
>>>> by tomorrow morning (our time). Let me know
>>>> if you have any trouble seeing it or retrieving it.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Meri
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> NAGAI Hiroshi wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>> Dear Data Analysts,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am writing to request for the VLBA archive data.
>>>>> I am interested in the following data sets, but these data sets
>>>>> are not available via the web.
>>>>>
>>>>> BV032 1.14 GHz: 01/25/1999
>>>>> BV031 1.41 GHz: 07/19/1998
>>>>>
>>>>> I would appreciate if you could kindly give me the permission to
>>>>> obtain these data sets.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanking you in advance for your help.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Hiroshi Nagai
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>   
>>>     
>>
>>   
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