[Difx-users] Running DiFX

[Hagatiana Andrianomena]

Hi Adam,

Yes I think it is in my path, I also checked the executables in /bin/ and
'genmachines.py' is also there.

Cheers,
Sam

On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 9:01 AM, Adam Deller <adeller at astro.swin.edu.au>
wrote:

> Hi Sam,
>
> As I said, run startdifx with the -n switch if you've already made the
> machines and threads file.  So in this case, startdifx -n example_1.input.
> That bypasses genmachines.
>
> But in any case, genmachines should have been installed into
> $DIFXROOT/bin/ the same as all the rest of the DiFX executables.  Is that
> directory in your path?
>
> Cheers,
> Adam
>
> On 18 March 2017 at 18:10, Hagatiana Andrianomena <handrianomena at ska.ac.za
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi Adam,
>>
>> Many thanks for your reply. I did run 'startdifx example_1.input' and
>> came out with:
>>
>> /bin/sh: 1: genmachines: not found
>> /bin/sh: 1: genmachines: not found
>> /bin/sh: 1: genmachines: not found
>> .....
>>
>> Perhaps there is something which is not configured properly in my case
>> during installation?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Sam
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 12:42 AM, Adam Deller <adeller at astro.swin.edu.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Sam,
>>>
>>> if you run startdifx it will by default regenerate the .machines and
>>> .threads files using genmachines.  If you've already made those by hand and
>>> don't want that to happen, then you need to run startdifx -n (the -n means
>>> don't re-run genmachines).  That should get you started.
>>>
>>> For getting things going properly, http://www.atnf.csiro.au/vlbi/
>>> dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php/difx/difxuserguide.pdf has lots of
>>> information on how to get genmachines working (basically, you need to
>>> populate a cluster description file and point the environment variable
>>> $DIFX_MACHINES at it).
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Adam
>>>
>>> On 18 March 2017 at 01:49, Hagatiana Andrianomena <
>>> handrianomena at ska.ac.za> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi DIFX-Users
>>>>
>>>> It is the first time I am using the software and started to learn by
>>>> doing some tests using the example data "rdv70.tar" from the wiki
>>>> page. I am using DIFX-trunk. I just followed the instructions of the
>>>> readme file in the tarball. Everything went OK up to step 3 where:
>>>>
>>>> - when running startdifx (as per the readme file) it complained about
>>>> not finding genmachine
>>>> - then I tried to run "genmachine.py" but it also complained about the
>>>> format of the "machinefile" it needs. we struggled to get the right
>>>> format, although I just followed the example from the wiki, so
>>>> - edited the .machines and .threads by just modifying the ones from the
>>>> example data.
>>>> - when running startdifx, it does not complain but it looks like it
>>>> takes long time without doing anything so I had to stop it.
>>>> - when I checked the generated files, we found that .machines and
>>>> .threads files were no longer there.
>>>>
>>>> I would appreciate if you could please help me.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Sam
>>>>
>>>>
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>
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> Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing
> Swinburne University of Technology
> John St, Hawthorn VIC 3122 Australia
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> fax: +61 3 9214 8797
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