Re: savefile incompatibilities... [message #9477] |
Wed, 02 July 1997 00:00 |
Wayne Landsman
Messages: 117 Registered: January 1997
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Richard G. French wrote:
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> I have recently upgraded to IDL5.0 on a DEC Alpha running OSF. I have
> created some save files that contain variables ONLY (NOT any routines,
> NO system variables, and only some explicitly listed variables) using
> a command such as
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> save,file=savefilename,variable1, variable2, etc....
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> I then ported this file by binary ftp to a Sun workstation running
> IDL4.0 and tried to restore the savefile. I get 'Unexpected item code'
> and then IDL crashes.
Yes, what you did is supposed to work, and if IDL really crashes then
this is a *serious* bug in IDL V5.0. Interestingly, when I go the
opposite direction (save with IDL5.0 on Sun workstation and restore with
IDL4.0 on a DEC Alpha/OSF) then I also get the 'Unexpected item code'
message, but the restore seems to work. Anybody able to test
SAVE/RESTORE between IDL5.0 Sun and IDL5.0 Alpha/OSF?
I would hope that RSI would have a bug-fix release of V5.0 in the
not-too-distant future.
Wayne Landsman
landsman@mpb.gsfc.nasa.gov
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