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IDL unexpectedly exits with 'Killed' message [message #89937] Mon, 05 January 2015 07:01 Go to next message
Steve Super is currently offline  Steve Super
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Hello all, this one is new to me...

I am having a strange error occur when running some code. during runtime, IDL exits and the only message i get is simply 'Killed'.

Does anyone know what this error is? I have never seen it before and haven't been able to track down any info on it.

Thanks,
Steve
Re: IDL unexpectedly exits with 'Killed' message [message #89938 is a reply to message #89937] Mon, 05 January 2015 10:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jim  Pendleton is currently offline  Jim Pendleton
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On Monday, January 5, 2015 8:02:00 AM UTC-7, Steve Super wrote:
> Hello all, this one is new to me...
>
> I am having a strange error occur when running some code. during runtime, IDL exits and the only message i get is simply 'Killed'.
>
> Does anyone know what this error is? I have never seen it before and haven't been able to track down any info on it.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve

What platform and version of IDL? Is a system dialog being presented with the text or is this message at the command line/console?

Are you executing Runtime IDL, with a SAVE file? If so, do you have access to the source, and can you locate "Killed" in the source? This isn't something that the IDL product by itself produces, that I am aware of. It's more likely coming from the OS or from logic within a runtime application.

Jim P.
Re: IDL unexpectedly exits with 'Killed' message [message #89939 is a reply to message #89937] Mon, 05 January 2015 10:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Steve Super is currently offline  Steve Super
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Registered: August 2014
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On Monday, January 5, 2015 10:02:00 AM UTC-5, Steve Super wrote:
> Hello all, this one is new to me...
>
> I am having a strange error occur when running some code. during runtime, IDL exits and the only message i get is simply 'Killed'.
>
> Does anyone know what this error is? I have never seen it before and haven't been able to track down any info on it.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve

Jim,

Thanks for the input.

I'm running IDL 8.3 at the command line on Linux. I wrote this .pro file myself, so I can assure you that there is nothing in code that is explicitly causing this to happen.

I am reading some HDF files and creating some rather large lists from the data being read, and I wonder if that is causing this. Otherwise I am not doing anything I haven't done a thousand times before.
Re: IDL unexpectedly exits with 'Killed' message [message #89940 is a reply to message #89937] Mon, 05 January 2015 10:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Lajos Foldy is currently offline  Lajos Foldy
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On Monday, January 5, 2015 4:02:00 PM UTC+1, Steve Super wrote:
> Hello all, this one is new to me...
>
> I am having a strange error occur when running some code. during runtime, IDL exits and the only message i get is simply 'Killed'.
>
> Does anyone know what this error is? I have never seen it before and haven't been able to track down any info on it.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve

I think it is the kernel OOM (out of memory) killer. Check your log files for OOM messages.

regards,
Lajos
Re: IDL unexpectedly exits with 'Killed' message [message #89942 is a reply to message #89937] Mon, 05 January 2015 12:13 Go to previous message
Steve Super is currently offline  Steve Super
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Registered: August 2014
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On Monday, January 5, 2015 10:02:00 AM UTC-5, Steve Super wrote:
> Hello all, this one is new to me...
>
> I am having a strange error occur when running some code. during runtime, IDL exits and the only message i get is simply 'Killed'.
>
> Does anyone know what this error is? I have never seen it before and haven't been able to track down any info on it.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve

Yep, looks like it was multiple large lists taking up all of the memory. Back to the drawing board.

Thanks,
Steve
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