Here's an error message I just got... it would seem to suggest that there is a buffer-size mismatch for this copy operation. #22 Err: !! Truncation during copy (destination 132 < source 255) of #22 Err: ! '^/export/data/visitors/agibb/reduced/scuba2_850/20091205/fakesrc/dimmcon #22 Err: ! fig_bright_extended2.lis,fakemap=s8d20091205_00022_fakemap.sdf' #22 Err: ! DAT_PUT: Error writing value(s) to an HDS primitive. #22 Err: ! GRP_GROUP: Unable to associate a group of names with parameter CONFIG #22 Err: !! DAT__TRUNC: Text truncated I got this error running the pipeline, but I confirmed it on the command line: makemap in=^in22.lis config="'^/export/data/visitors/agibb/reduced/scuba2_850/20091205/fakesrc/dimmconfig_bright_extended2.lis,fakemap=s8d20091205_00022_fakemap.sdf'" out=junk method=iter Out of 43 input files, 2 were darks, 0 were fast flats and 41 were science Processing data from instrument 'SCUBA-2' for object 'W5E' from the following observation : 20091205 #22 scan MAKEMAP: Map-maker will use no more than 57947 MiB of memory !! Truncation during copy (destination 132 < source 255) of ! '^/export/data/visitors/agibb/reduced/scuba2_850/20091205/fakesrc/dimmcon ! fig_bright_extended2.lis,fakemap=s8d20091205_00022_fakemap.sdf' ! DAT_PUT: Error writing value(s) to an HDS primitive. ! GRP_GROUP: Unable to associate a group of names with parameter CONFIG ! Application exit status DAT__TRUNC, Text truncated ! in=^in22.lis ! config='^/export/data/visitors/agibb/reduced/scuba2_850/20091205/fakesrc/ ! dimmconfig_bright_extended2.lis,fakemap=s8d20091205_00022_fakemap.sdf' ! out=junk method=iter If I put the config file somewhere with a shorter path then I don't get the error. Cheers, Andy