Hello Experts:

I am running the first pre-processing step in Tracula and come across the error:

set: Variable name must begin with a letter.

Below is an excerpt of the script which seems to be running fine. Did I make a mistake in my

dmrirc_single_subject file?

Cheers,

Catherine

fmris-mac-pro-2:8000_tracula fmri$ trac-all -prep -c $SUBJECTS_DIR/dmrirc_single_subject

set: Variable name must begin with a letter.

INFO: SUBJECTS_DIR is /8000_tracula/

INFO: Diffusion root is /8000_tracula//8000_tracula_out/

Actual FREESURFER_HOME /Applications/freesurfer

trac-preproc -c /8000_tracula//8000_tracula_out//8001_DTI/scripts/dmrirc.local -log /8000_tracula//8000_tracula_out//8001_DTI/scripts/trac-all.log -cmd /8000_tracula//8000_tracula_out//8001_DTI/scripts/trac-all.cmd

#-------------------------------------

/Applications/freesurfer//bin/trac-preproc

#-------------------------------------

#@# Image corrections Mon Jan 14 09:37:29 MST 2013

mri_convert /8000_tracula//8001_DTI/IM-0006-0001.dcm /8000_tracula//8000_tracula_out//8001_DTI/dmri/dwi_orig.nii.gz

$Id: mri_convert.c,v 1.179.2.2 2011/05/16 20:53:47 greve Exp $

reading from /8000_tracula//8001_DTI/IM-0006-0001.dcm...

Starting DICOMRead2()

dcmfile = /8000_tracula//8001_DTI/IM-0006-0001.dcm

dcmdir = /8000_tracula//8001_DTI

Ref Series No = 6

the script continues to run ok.