[daip] AIPS compilation problem

[Eric Greisen]

Philip Lah wrote:
> Hello Eric,
> 
>    I seem to have fixed my problem with the binary.  I had the correct 
> format for my data area(s)
> 
> DATA_AREAS = "/data/AIPS/MAGE_1:NONE"
> 
> ('mage' is the name of the computer).
> 
> However I looked at the options I had chosen in the .AIPSRC file and I had 
> used:
> 
> SITE = MAGE
> THISHOST = LOCALHOST
> HOSTS = "LOCALHOST"
> 
> As an experiment I change this to all be MAGE:
> 
> SITE = MAGE
> THISHOST = MAGE
> HOSTS = "MAGE"
> 
> and the installation now worked.
> 
> If you are wondering why I have only one data area defined it is not 
> because I only plan on only using one.  Rather a bug which I have 
> experience on a previous AIPS installation meant that the data area 
> $name_1 and $name_2 were not necessarily mapped to indisk 1 and indisk 2 
> within AIPS.  So I can control which disk is which I plan to now add the 
> other data areas.

The disk areas are chosen in the order that they appear in the 
DADEVS.LIST file - but with all disks having + first and then all those 
with - second and then any matching the host specified by the da= 
command line argument.  The $HOME/.dadevs.always file adds to this
but you have no need for that.

Eric Greisen