Hi Catherine, probably you are not using 5.3. otherwise it should recognize the --qdec-long flag. You can open mris_preproc and take a look (it is a text file), there should be a "qdec-long" if you search it.
Best, Martin On Jun 17, 2013, at 12:04 PM, Catherine Bois <c.b...@sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > Dear Freesurfer experts, > > I am trying to prepare my data for linear mixed modeling using the matlab add > ons, with this command > > mris_preproc --qdec-long qdec.table.dat --target fsaverage --hemi lh --meas > thickness --out lh.thickness.mgh > > However I keep getting this error message ERROR: flag --qdec-long not > recognized > > I am using version 5.3 and read on the release notes that qdec-long only > works with unix input text files (\n newline). I thought that was the format > of my textfile, and also confused as to why the wrong format of the file > would make the flag unrecognized as opposed to the textfile...I was also > wondering whether the -long table needs to be "shrunk" to cross-sectional > format as it does in the two stage model? I have attached an excerpt of my > textfile qdec, would greatly appreciate help in establishing whether it is > somehow the format of the textfile that is the problem? > > Thank you very much for your help, > > Best Wishes, > > Cathy > > > > -- > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. > > <qdec.table.dat>_______________________________________________ > Freesurfer mailing list > Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer --------------------------------- Dr. Martin Reuter 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
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