`freq` runs hanging without error message

[Leonid Spektor]

Lisa,

	Most likely there is something wrong with either one of the input data files or with the way CLAN prints output in the "CLAN Output" window. I would like to replicate this problem on my Mac, so that I could fix the problem. If you are able, then please zip all data files that FREQ is running on and email that ZIP archive to me directly.

	In the mean time you can determine whether the problem is with CLAN Output window. Please try one of the following versions of you example command:

freq +d3 +s"*$ACK:*" *.cha +t%prs  > freq.output.cex
freq +d3 +s"*$ACK:*" *.cha +t%prs +u +f

If FREQ still hangs, then the problem is with one of the data files. You can try this command:

freq +d3 +s"*$ACK:*" *.cha +t%prs +f

The last output "*.frq.cex" file that FREQ will create is the file just before the data file that hangs FREQ. I would like you to email to me that last file and two or three more files after that one. Make sure that when you look at the folder with input and output files that it is sorted by file name. The best thing, however, would be zipping all data files and emailing all of them to me.

Leonid.



On Feb 18, 2015, at 12:00, Lisa Hsin <l.b.hsin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, chibolts --
> 
> I have been running a series of `freq` commands on a directory full of .cha files that I periodically update. Just today, running my commands on the latest collection of files (now up to 265) causes CLAN to hang, and with no error messages to tell me what to try to fix. (As an example: freq +d3 +s"*$ACK:*" *.cha +t%prs.) I can't detect a pattern among the contents of the files that seem to be the last ones CLAN can process, before the hang occurs.
> 
> I am running this on an old MacBook Air (2010), running Yosemite, and haven't had a problem with a sample of about 150 files. I had been using a CLAN version from June 2014 but just updated to the latest release, in response to encountering this hanging issue. 
> 
> Is it possible that the 265 files that I'm trying to analyze are just too much for CLAN and my RAM? They're quite short -- averaging around 20 lines apiece -- so I would be surprised if this were the culprit. So what other issues should I be pursuing?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give!
> 
> L
> 
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