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Re: Truncated save file? [message #24441] Wed, 28 March 2001 16:53
kashyap is currently offline  kashyap
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I have encountered it on linux while saving large datasets (v5.3).
got around it by manically trying various combinations of

save,/compress
save,/variables,/compress
save,/variables

while deleting the existing save file in another window, and
verifying that the save file was restorable in yet another
window.

At some point IDL (or whatever malevolent entity it is that
is watching) gives up and lets you write an untruncated file.

good luck,
vinay

In article <Pine.LNX.4.30.0103281327010.4466-100000@zupcx6.star.ucl.ac.uk>,
Stuart Colley <src@zupcx6.star.ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> does anyone know what a truncated save file is? I've just spent a couple
> of weeks doing a Monte Carlo simulation, I'd hate to lose the data...
>
> % RESTORE: Portable (XDR) SAVE/RESTORE file.
> % RESTORE: Save file written by src@zudata1.star.ucl.ac.uk, Wed Mar 28
> 13:15:13 2001.
> % RESTORE: IDL version 5.3 (linux, x86).
> % RESTORE: Truncated save file, restored as much as possible:
> /stuart/src/monty/zudata1_4472_mc.sav.
>
> cheers,
> S
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Re: Truncated save file? [message #24466 is a reply to message #24441] Wed, 28 March 2001 07:05 Go to previous message
R.Bauer is currently offline  R.Bauer
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Stuart Colley wrote:
>
> does anyone know what a truncated save file is? I've just spent a couple
> of weeks doing a Monte Carlo simulation, I'd hate to lose the data...
>
> % RESTORE: Portable (XDR) SAVE/RESTORE file.
> % RESTORE: Save file written by src@zudata1.star.ucl.ac.uk, Wed Mar 28
> 13:15:13 2001.
> % RESTORE: IDL version 5.3 (linux, x86).
> % RESTORE: Truncated save file, restored as much as possible:
> /stuart/src/monty/zudata1_4472_mc.sav.
>
> cheers,
> S

I know this problem too.

May be you will have a chance by Craigs cm_restore to restore a part
of your data.

http://cow.physics.wisc.edu/~craigm/idl/idl.html (under Save Files)

I got this failure often if my server has to much NFS traffic.

regards

Reimar


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