Hi Marjorie,
To add to what Elisa said, some tools are sensitive to what other utilities
you've set up.
I am able to run the contributed programs like calcrmf if I set up
ftools *before* ciao, but get errors similar to yours if I initialize
ftools *after* setting up ciao.
In order, I set up:
ftools
ciao
zhtools
and it works without pget errors.
Since you're at a different institution, your programs will be set up
differently, but I can email you my initialization files if you think this
would help.
good luck,
Laura
> Hello Marjorie,
>
> this is a cut and paste from the CIAO FAQ:
>
> ******************************************
> 1.Why does the tool not execute when I get the following errors?
>
> pget: parameter not found : ...
>
> This error message generally occurs when there is a mismatch between the
> parameter file in your own directory (the one that the tool is trying to
> access)
> and the CIAO defaults. This may be due to the installation of a new
> version of CIAO without initializing your parameter file directory. To fix
> this problem,
> you have to delete the tool's parameter file from your own directory. The
> CIAO software will then automatically access the correct one:
>
>
> unix% dmlist acis_evt2.fits blocks
> pget: parameter not found : verbose
> unix% plist dmlist
>
> Parameters for /home/username/cxcds_param/dmlist.par <- This is the
> parameter file to delete
>
> infile = mrk_110evt.fits Input dataset/block specification
> opt = blocks Option
> (outfile = ) Output file (optional)
> (rows = ) Range of table rows to print (min:max)
> (cells = ) Range of array indices to print
> (min:max)
> (mode = ql)
>
> unix% /bin/rm /home/username/cxcds_param/dmlist.par
>
> As visible in the example, you have to delete the parameter file that is
> displayed at the top of your plist output.
>
> *******************************
> I hope this will be helpful.
> Elisa
>
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