[daip] AIPS 31DEC15 problem...

[Nissim Kanekar]

Hi Eric,

Worked like a charm! Many thanks indeed...

Hope all's well with you!
Nissim



On Fri, 4 Mar 2016, Eric Greisen wrote:

> On 03/03/2016 11:46 PM, Nissim Kanekar wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Eric,
>> 
>> I'm getting a strange problem while opening AIPS 31DEC15 on a 64-bit
>> Linux server. When I enter the user ID, I get the following error:
>> 
>> AIPS 1: Enter user ID number
>> ?105
>>   ZMSGOP: FILE DA01:MSD02X000.02X;      NOT FOUND
>> MSGWRT ERROR      2 AT OPEN
>> AIPS 1: ZOPEN: STILL WAITING FOR FILE DA00:ACD000000;
>> 
>> The error message then keeps repeating and I never get the AIPS prompt;
>> I also get the same error for all user ID's. I've been running AIPS for
>> about six months on this system and haven't had a problem before now. Do
>> you happen to know what's going on and how to fix this ?
>
> The most likely source of error is a file lock on the accounting file
> DA00:ACD000000\;
> The best thing I can suggest is to
> source $AIPS_ROOT/LOGIN.SH
> $CDTST
> cd $DA00
> mv ACD000000\; ACD000000.locked
> RUN FILAIP
> 8 2
> <cr>
>
> Some times file locks stay in place forever after a task ends badly.
> FILAIP will complain about numerous files already exist but will make a new 
> AC file.
>
>
> Eric Greisen
>
>