[daip] TVCPS giving error about "Fortran open"

[Eric Greisen]

Susan Neff wrote:
> Hi Eric,
> 
> I was trying to use TVCPS today, and I got the 
> following in the working window:
> 
>  >outfi 'myarea:cen_pband_fig2_try1.ps'
>  >go tvcps
> AIPS 1: Resumes
>  >forrtl: severe (66): output statement overflows 
> record, unit -5, file Internal Formatted Write
> 
> 
> 
> and the following in the message window:
> 
> localh> TVCPS1: Task TVCPS  (release of 31DEC12) begins
> localh> TVCPS1: ZLASIO: FORTRAN OPEN ERROR =      9 
> FOR PLOTTER FILE =
> localh> TVCPS1:
> 
> 
> 
> That's all I got - it truncated the file name.  I'm 
> wondering if this is a problem with
> the filename being too long.  It's actually addressed 
> in AIPS as
> 
> outfi   'myarea:filename.ps'
> (as you can see above), and it should be writing to:
> 
> /Volumes/Apps_and_Docs/sgneff/aipsstage_lilmac/vtc1700_pbcor_hiconv/filename.ps
> 
> 
> However,  it looks like the full text of  "myarea" is 
> not making it through somehow
> (although this directory works for "datain" and 
> "dataout" in  fitsread and fitswrite,
> respectively).
> 
> Any suggestions?

The internal variables to hold the expanded name are 256 characters 
which should be enough.  The only real clue is the fact that the first 
part of the name comes out blanks.  You say it truncated the name - 
where did you get that information?  Not from the messages above.

Cheers

Eric