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Hi Jon, Have you tried it with an ndf that used to work, sounds like you might have been trying it with a recent data image. colin On May 29, 2008, at 5:49 PM, Jon Mauerhan wrote: > Hello, > > I've been working with UKIRT and AAT data on my PPC Mac OSX laptop > for a couple years now, using the starlink software package and > oracdr pipeline. I routinely use the ndf2fits program to convert > my .sdf files to .fits files for use in IRAF. I was surprised to > find today that the ndf2fits program is crashing and complains > about the BITPIX parameter. I have never seen this error before > when working with UKIRT or AAT data, and I have made no changes to > my system. Below are the commands I issue and the resulting error. > > > convert > > ndf2fits comp=D encoding=auto bitpix=32 (this is the same > syntax I have always used) > I am then prompted for input and output filenames, which I > enter. The following error results: > > !! Locator refers to an object 'BITPIX' which no longer exists > (possible > ! programming error or corrupted HDS container file). > ! DAT_TYPE: Error enquiring the type of an HDS object. > ! SUBPAR: Failed to obtain parameter file component for parameter > BITPIX > ! Application exit status DAT__INCHK, Integrity check > ! comp=D encoding=auto bitpix=32 > > The same error arises even if I don't specify a BITPIX value. > > So I deleted and reinstalled the entire /local-star software > package, and restarted my machine. The same error continues. > > I'm unable to solve this problem. Can someone please help me, or > point me in the right direction? > > Thank you very much. > > Jon