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aips [2017/06/09 14:19] – [See also] jansenaips [2017/06/12 08:39] – [Special notes] jansen
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 ====== AIPS at Sterrewacht Leiden ====== ====== AIPS at Sterrewacht Leiden ======
-The introduction course to astronomical software contains a [[https://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/local/computers/it_local/practicum/html/aips.php| chapter on AIPS]]+The introduction course to astronomical software contains a [[https://local.strw.leidenuniv.nl/local/practicum/html/aips.php| chapter on AIPS]]
  
 ===== Special notes ===== ===== Special notes =====
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 AIPS can be started by running the command ''aips''. There is a small deviation from a standard AIPS setup here: AIPS can be started by running the command ''aips''. There is a small deviation from a standard AIPS setup here:
-  * If environment variable ''$FITS'' is set, its value is preserved, in stead of pointing to a location in ''$AIPS_ROOT'' which should then be writable by all users.+  * If environment variable ''$FITS'' is set, its value is preserved, in stead of pointing to a location in ''$AIPS_ROOT'' (which would then need to be writeable by all users).
   * All computers have a local directory ''/data1/DA00'' and the variable ''$DA00'' is made to point there.\\   * All computers have a local directory ''/data1/DA00'' and the variable ''$DA00'' is made to point there.\\
 So please be aware that if you bypass our startup script to call ''STARTAIPS.SH'' directly, you will loose this setup, and all tasks will run very slow, because all ''DA00'' files will live on a disk on a central server. So please be aware that if you bypass our startup script to call ''STARTAIPS.SH'' directly, you will loose this setup, and all tasks will run very slow, because all ''DA00'' files will live on a disk on a central server.
  
-Users should also have a file ''.dadevs'' listing their personal data areas. We have a script called ''aipsdisk-setup'' that can create such a file, by default using all local disks.+Users should also have a file ''.dadevs'' listing their personal data areas. We have a script called ''aipsdisk-setup'' that can create such a file, by default using all local disks. See aips help ([[http://www.aips.nrao.edu/cgi-bin/ZXHLP2.PL?AIPS]]) for details about the .dadevs file and other methods to specify where your data lives.
 ===== See also ===== ===== See also =====
  
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