Re: Problems transferring an XDR file. [message #5264] |
Thu, 23 November 1995 00:00  |
gurman
Messages: 82 Registered: August 1992
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In article <9511200900.AA02898@ste-med-mac.aplcomm.jhuapl.edu>,
linda_peco@jhuapl.edu (Linda M. Peco) wrote:
> Hello -
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> I am trying to take IDL savesets to other systems and I am having no
> luck at all. I am saving the savesets on a VAX/VMS system, I have tried
> using both IDL ver. 3.5.1 and 3.6.1a. The following command is being used:
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> save, filename='save.xdr', /xdr, /variables
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> OR
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> save, filename='save.xdr', /xdr, x, y, z, etc. (where I list the
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variables I want)
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> I have transfered the savesets via FTP (binary) to PC's, SUN's and HP's
> and have obtained the same error on each system during the restore. I have
> attempted to restore the saveset in both IDL and PV-Wave. The error remains
> the same.
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> ERROR: Unexpected item code found in save file.
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> Does anyone have any suggestions ? Is there something system-wide I am
> missing ?
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Are you by any chance saving repeatedly into files with the same name?
I seem to recall those versions of IDL had a problem with that under Open
VMS.
Joe Gurman
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Joseph B. Gurman / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/ Solar Data Analysis Center / Code 682 / Greenbelt MD 20771 USA / gurman@uvsp.nascom.nasa.gov
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