Index: trunk/ippScripts/scripts/chip_imfile.pl
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--- trunk/ippScripts/scripts/chip_imfile.pl	(revision 14115)
+++ trunk/ippScripts/scripts/chip_imfile.pl	(revision 14141)
@@ -63,4 +63,7 @@
 $reduction = 'DEFAULT' unless defined $reduction;
 my $recipe = $ipprc->reduction($reduction, 'CHIP'); # Recipe to use
+unless ($recipe) {
+    &my_die("Couldn't find selected reduction for CHIP: $reduction\n", $chip_id, $class_id, $PS_EXIT_SYS_ERROR);
+}
 
 # values to extract from output metadata and the stats to calculate
