Hi Cathy, it must be something else (I think). The mris_calc command looks weird ("--label " looks like the label is not passed, but a space instead, it then thinks 'mul' is a file).
qdecfinal is your qdec table? Make sure it contains only spaces to separate the fields. It should have at least these columns fsid fsid-base time also in your command below, why are there "?" before do-label and time? Unless you want to use the stack (within subject stack of thickness values), I would drop the --do-stack (maybe also drop do-avg or whatever else you don't need). For debugging, I would create a directory, place a single subject there, create a new qdec table with only that subject and try again there. If it still happens , let me know. Best, Martin On 05/20/2013 10:25 AM, Catherine Bois wrote: > Dear Freesurfer experts, > > I am trying to conduct the long_mris_slopes --qdec qdecfinal --meas > thickness --hemi lh --do-avg --do-rate --do-pc1 --do-spc --do-stack > ?do-label ?time time --qcache fsaverage command for my longitudinal > processing. However I keep getting the error message: > > mris_calc -o /directory/baseX/surf/lh.long.thickness-spc.fwhm0.mgh > --label /directory/baseX/surf/lh.long.thickness-spc.fwhm0.mgh mul 100 > > > mris_calc: > Sorry, but I seem to have encountered an error. > While accessing file 'mul', > > I read online that this was due to a bug encountered in version 5.1, > however I recently upgraded to version 5.3 and the error message > persists. As my Long and base runs have been done in version 5.1 > still, I was wondering whether in order to fix this problem the long > and base runs need to be rerun with version 5.3, or whether the error > I am encountering has another solution/ is caused by another problem > entirely? > > Thank you for your help, > > Best Wishes, > > Cathy > -- Martin Reuter, Ph.D. Assistant in Neuroscience - Massachusetts General Hospital Instructor in Neurology - Harvard Medical School MGH / HMS / MIT A.A.Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging 149 Thirteenth Street, Suite 2301 Charlestown, MA 02129 Phone: +1-617-724-5652 Email: mreu...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu reu...@mit.edu Web : http://reuter.mit.edu _______________________________________________ Freesurfer mailing list Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail.