Add warnings to scripts/create-{mtz,xscale}

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/create-mtz b/scripts/create-mtz
index c51454e6..f23a71f8 100755
--- a/scripts/create-mtz
+++ b/scripts/create-mtz
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# When you've edited the relevant parameters, delete this comment and the following two lines
+echo "You need to edit this script first, to set the space group and cell parameters."
+exit 1
+
 OUTFILE=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/\.hkl$/.mtz/'`
 TMPHKL=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/\.hkl$/.temp.hkl/'`
 
diff --git a/scripts/create-xscale b/scripts/create-xscale
index d452e8bc..9cd14c8d 100755
--- a/scripts/create-xscale
+++ b/scripts/create-xscale
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 use strict;
 
+# When you've edited the relevant parameters, delete this comment and the following two lines
+printf("You need to edit this script first, to set the space group and cell parameters.\n");
+exit(1);
+
 open(FH, $ARGV[0]);
 
 printf("!FORMAT=XDS_ASCII   MERGE=TRUE   FRIEDEL'S_LAW=TRUE\n");