task errors in OSX

Guest wrote on Jul 12, 2007

Hi - I am trying to run a simple task in Mac OS X iraf. I used to
do this all the time
in Unix, but for some reason, it is just not working at all.

I attach the script. I am defining the task in my login.cl as follows:
task $unpack = /Users/julia/IRAF/scripts/unpack.cl

but when I run the script I get the following:

cl> d_trace
6+2: end
cl> unpack
----- task cl -----
0+4: call unpack
4+2: exec
----- exec script unpack (/Users/julia/IRAF/scripts/
unpack.cl) -----
**: begin
^
ERROR on line 12: syntax error, line 12
unpack ()

It seems that the task won't even begin to run. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Julia Kennefick
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Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on Jul 12, 2007

Please post the script, there is not enough to go on here...

-Mike

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