https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/recon-all#ExpertPreferences-1

Did you guys change how parameters from expert.opts is ingested by recon-all in FS 8.1.0? We have successfully been using the following line in expert.opts file with FS 7:

mris_inflate -n 30

(https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/mris_inflate)

But now, FS 8.1.0 recon-all gives an error:

```

 mris_inflate -no-save-sulc 30 ../surf/rh.smoothwm.nofix ../surf/rh.inflated.nofix

Not saving sulc

Reading 30

** failed to open GIFTI XML file '30.gii'

mrisReadGIFTIdanum: ERROR reading gifti 30.gii

[INFO] read, cannot find 30, trying 30.gii ...

error: No such file or directory

error: mris_inflate: could not read surface file 30

```

This almost certainly means FS 8.1.0 is not parsing expert.opts line correctly. The "-n 30" is bein parsed as just "30".

Best,
Tashrif