On 4 Apr 2008, at 01:36, Michael Giffin wrote:

i get the same error on OS X 10.5.2 and 10.4.11:

sfcheck -f refmac2.mtz -m refmac2.pdb -out y -nomit 2 -map

the error:
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Open failed: Unit: 11, File: sfcheck_scr.dat (logical: sfcheck_scr.dat)
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Last system error message: Bad file descriptor
 CCP4:   Open failed: File: sfcheck_scr.dat
 CCP4:   Open failed: File: sfcheck_scr.dat
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the binary file sfcheck_scr.dat exists.

Hi Mike,

I encountered the same exact issue under OS X not long ago, and it turned out to be caused by memory/atom limitations of Fink's sfcheck (I assume that's what you are using?):

         Sol_   --- SFCHECK --- /Vers 7.2.02; 01.10.2006/   -
         Sol_          Memory:   30 Mb  N_atom_max:  50000  -     <= !!!

so that using the sfcheck binary included with BALBES:

        Sol_ --- SFCHECK --- /Vers 7.02.4; 02.05.2007/ -        
        Sol_ Memory: 60 Mb N_atom_max: 100000 -

solved the problem. How many atoms are you playing with?

HTH, Luca

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