[daip] Bug in deselecting sources with minus signs?

[Eric Greisen]

Andy Biggs wrote:
> Dear aips. I have been using SPLAT to create a new file that only 
> contains my calibrators. I exclude the science target using 
> SOURCE='-SMMJ14009'. When I run LISTR on it I get output like the following:
> 
>   localhos  LISTR(31DEC11)   5000     24-MAR-2011  15:13:39    Page    1
> File = FRING AVG   .UVDATA.   1 Vol = 2  Userid = 5000
> Freq =  1.626771250 GHz   Ncor =  2   No. vis =    892010
> Scan summary listing
> 
> Scan      Source      Qual  Calcode Sub         Timerange          FrqID 
>    START VIS  END VIS
>     1 Not in SU table : 0000  HELP     1  0/22:30:08 -   0/22:31:00 
> 1       1        614
>     2 Not in SU table : 0000  HELP     1  0/22:34:07 -   0/22:35:00 
> 1     615       1157
> 
> If I instead run SPLAT using SOURCE to do the opposite and instead 
> *select* all the sources I want, then the source names do appear in 
> LISTR and everything works as expected.
> 
> By the way, the data that is written out appear to be fine and I can run 
> FRING on them and view the resulting SN table. If I try and select a 
> source in SNPLT though, it fails with "NO DATA SELECTED".
> 
> I am running an up-to-date 31DEC11 on an Intel Mac.
> 
> Andy
> 

I suspect that the output files would be fine if you delete the NX table 
and run INDXR.  I have correct SPLAT for this a a couple of other 
problems - see tomorrow's 31DEC11 MNJ.

Thanks

Eric Greisen