On 12/14/2012 04:51 PM, Tudor Popescu wrote:
> Thanks Doug! I tried figuring out how to create symlinks manually (as 
> I think recon-all has already been run in the case of the group 
> analysis tutorial, therefore they were not generated automatically) 
> but could not find anything helpful on the wiki.
cd $SUBJECTS_DIR
ln -s $FREESURFER_HOME/fsaverage
>
> I also looked for a tutorial on how to run recon-all on raw NIFTI 
> files (which I guess first have to be converted to MGZ), as I'd first 
> have to do this step to my own data before starting to follow the 
> steps described in the group analysis tutorial.
You can just spec the nifti file as input (--i file.nii), you do not 
need to convert
doug
>
> Tudor
>
> On 14 December 2012 21:23, Douglas N Greve <gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu 
> <mailto:gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>> wrote:
>
>
>     Hi Tudor, you can create a symbolic link to fsaverage rather than
>     copying it.
>     doug
>
>
>     On 12/14/2012 04:18 PM, Tudor Popescu wrote:
>     > Hello everyone,
>     >
>     > I'm following the group analysis tutorial, but have difficulty
>     getting
>     > all files in the right folders. I have my tutorial data set in
>     > //media/Dell/_FS/buckner_data// (a folder that is shared in my
>     > VirtualBox), and my original subjects folder in the default path of
>     > //home/virtualuser/freesurfer/subjects/.
>     >
>     > The tutorial page
>     > <http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/FsTutorial/Data> suggests
>     > that the data set should be inside /$FREESURFER_HOME/subjects/,
>     > however I have no room in my virtual drive to copy over the
>     whole data
>     > set, and VirtualBox is making it difficult for me to extend its
>     size.
>     > I have thus defined SUBJECTS_DIR to
>     be//media/Dell/_FS/buckner_data//,
>     > but then the first command of the analysis (mris_preproc) says it
>     > can't find fsaverage!
>     >
>     > The command only works if I create a new folder and copy the
>     following
>     > in there:
>     >
>     >   * the contents of //group_analysis_tutorial/ (i.e. folders of the
>     >     type /004/, /008/, ..), and
>     >   * the contents of//home/virtualuser/freesurfer/subjects/ (i.e.
>     >     folders such as /bert/, /fsaverage/, ..)
>     >
>     > ..and then run the command from there  --  however, this seems very
>     > cumbersome and takes a lot of time.
>     >
>     > My question: does one always have to copy the fsaverage folder
>     > manually at the same level as the data folders, or does it have
>     to be
>     > the other way around (i.e. data set copied into default //subjects/
>     > folder)? Can't there be two environment variables, one for
>     fsaverages
>     > and one for the data set, so that no moving/copying is necessary?
>     >
>     > Many thanks for any help!
>     > Tudor
>     >
>     >
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