# An error from the ‘recon’ task

**URL:** <https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/an-error-from-the-recon-task/340>\
**Category:** Unified Model\
**Tags:** ARCHER2\
**Created:** [3 December 2021 10:30 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/an-error-from-the-recon-task/340 "2021-12-03T10:30:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kizumi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9a140/32.png) [@kizumi](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/kizumi)\
**Post date:** [3 December 2021 10:30 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/an-error-from-the-recon-task/340/1 "2021-12-03T10:30:38Z")

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Hi, My suite (u-cj841; UM vn10.7, NEMO vn3.6) does’t work at the ‘recon’ task. Here, I tried to read several ancil files that I created. The error message says

Unloading /usr/local/share/epcc-module/epcc-module-loader  
…  
…  
[FAIL] namelist:items(1)=ancilfilename: UM\_ANCIL\_SMOW\_DIR: unbound variable  
[FAIL] source: namelist:items ( : )

I checked the ancil files, and the data are ok. Some suites run using the same files and setting on NEXCS.

How do I fix the error? Do you have any suggestion?

Many thanks  
Kenji

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**Author:** ![kizumi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9a140/32.png) [@kizumi](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/kizumi)\
**Post date:** [3 December 2021 11:40 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/an-error-from-the-recon-task/340/2 "2021-12-03T11:40:46Z")

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Hi again,

I restart the suite, and it works now 😅

Thanks  
Kenji

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**Author:** ![RosalynHatcher](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/rosalynhatcher/32/11_2.png) [@RosalynHatcher](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/RosalynHatcher)\
**Post date:** [13 December 2021 17:51 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/an-error-from-the-recon-task/340/3 "2021-12-13T17:51:15Z")

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