[daip] "TASK ACTIVE" problem with AIPS...

[Eric Greisen]

On 12/11/2017 01:13 PM, Nissim Kanekar wrote:
> 
> Hi Eric,
> 
> I've come across another strange problem with AIPS: when I try to run 
> IMAGR, I keep getting an error message "TASK ACTIVE" and nothing 
> happens. I tried "ps -elf | grep IMAGR" and see nothing at all under 
> this user. Also tried looking at the /tmp area to check for old IMAGR 
> (or even AIPS) runs, and there's nothing there either. I finally tried 
> re-installing AIPS (retaining the same disk areas) but even that didn't 
> solve the problem. Was wondering if you might know how to fix this.
> 
> Many thanks!
> 
> Best wishes,
> Nissim

There may be some file left over in /tmp - look there for info about 
running tasks

Eric