[daip] Strange Error

[Eric Greisen]

Laura Chomiuk wrote:
> Hello,	
> 	I recently upgraded to 31Dec08 version of AIPS, and have been 
> getting an error that looks like this a LOT:
> 
> SCREAT: FAILED TO CREATE REQUESTED SCRATCH FILE
> CALCOP: ERROR 5 CREATING SCRATCH FILE
> 
> (it might not always say CALCOP, i'm not sure) 
> 
> it pops up most often when I am trying to use UVPLT, and sometimes if, 
> after I get this error, I load up my data in TVFLG and push a few buttons, 
> when I try UVPLT again, it will work and not give me this error. But 
> oftentimes this does not work, and I just can't plot my data.
> 
> Also, I just tried to run BLCAL and got the above error in that case too! 
> I have plenty of disk space available, and the uv file is not being read 
> or written to by anything. So I am at a loss.
> 
> Do you have any insight into what might be causing this? It's making it 
> very difficult to use aips at all.

the error message above is a summary error message which - if I read the 
code correctly - must always be preceded by a more informative message.
What more does it say?

Eric Greisen