# Plot errors with batch **URL:** \ **Category:** Q&A\ **Created:** [February 25, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/plot-errors-with-batch/1383 "2021-02-25T00:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PlanetGus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/planetgus/32/303_2.png) [@PlanetGus](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/PlanetGus)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/plot-errors-with-batch/1383/1 "2021-02-25T00:50:00Z")
> gmt6.2dev / macOS Does somebody else experience plot “anomalies” while using batch ? I often got variation in the time-axis (y-direction) label format : | Format wanted | Format plotted sometimes | Format rarely plotted | | --- | --- | --- | | J | YYYY-01-01 | January | | F | YYYY-02-01 | February | | M | YYYY-03-01 | March | | … | … | … | I also happen to have this kind of errors : ```auto grdimage [WARNING]: No grid or image inside plot domain grdimage [WARNING]: Your grid y's or latitudes appear to be outside the map region and will be skipped ``` Sometimes simply files errors : ```auto plot [WARNING]: Mismatch between actual (2) and expected (3) fields near line 284 in file file.txt ``` And sometimes `gmt.conf` “unrecognized” options : ```auto gmt [ERROR]: Unrecognized keyword black. 1 GMT Defaults conversion errors in file gmt.conf! ``` Running the same script again fixes it, sometimes on the first try, sometimes after 3 or 4 iterations. ? ---
**Author:** ![pwessel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/pwessel/32/30_2.png) [@pwessel](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/pwessel)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/plot-errors-with-batch/1383/2 "2021-02-25T01:03:57Z")
Please use -x to only use one core and see if that is stable. If not then I would be happy to try to recreate it on my Mac. ---
**Author:** ![PlanetGus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/planetgus/32/303_2.png) [@PlanetGus](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/PlanetGus)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/plot-errors-with-batch/1383/3 "2021-02-25T02:23:53Z")
I didn’t run the job until the end : ```auto gmt [ERROR]: Unrecognized keyword =. 1 GMT Defaults conversion errors in file gmt.conf! ``` ---
**Author:** ![pwessel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/pwessel/32/30_2.png) [@pwessel](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/pwessel)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/plot-errors-with-batch/1383/4 "2021-02-25T02:45:12Z")
And just checking you do not have a rogue bad gmt.conf in your home directory? if not, is it possible for you to zip up everything I need to recreate your batch job and give me access via the cloud or ftp? ---
**Author:** ![PlanetGus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/planetgus/32/303_2.png) [@PlanetGus](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/PlanetGus)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/plot-errors-with-batch/1383/5 "2021-02-25T06:17:10Z")
Nothing on home (`~/`) But I still copy/paste gmt.conf from upper-level to working directory (see closed [issue 4779](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/gmt/issues/4779)), otherwise it doesn’t work ```auto # in include.sh : > call of a bash function with "gmtset" commands # in main.sh : cp ../gmt.conf ./ ``` > [@pwessel](#): > > is it possible for you to zip up everything I’ll ask tomorrow just in case, I genuinely don’t know what is the policy for what I’m doing. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![pwessel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/pwessel/32/30_2.png) [@pwessel](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/pwessel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/plot-errors-with-batch/1383/6 "2021-03-01T06:59:40Z")
We fixed a bunch of issues related to Win executables, now in master. ---
**Author:** ![pwessel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/pwessel/32/30_2.png) [@pwessel](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/pwessel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/plot-errors-with-batch/1383/7 "2021-03-01T06:59:59Z")
But this is probably something else.