Index: LMDZ6/trunk/libf/misc/readTracFiles_mod.f90
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--- LMDZ6/trunk/libf/misc/readTracFiles_mod.f90	(revision 4393)
+++ LMDZ6/trunk/libf/misc/readTracFiles_mod.f90	(revision 4394)
@@ -1749,5 +1749,5 @@
   INTEGER :: ix, ip, ns
   out = s; ns = LEN_TRIM(s)
-  IF(s == '')               RETURN                                             !--- Empty string: nothing to do
+  IF(s == '' .OR. ns<=2) RETURN                                                !--- Empty string or LEN(name)<=2: nothing to do
   IF(s(1:3)=='H2O' .AND. INDEX(old_phases,s(4:4))/=0 .AND. (ns==4 .OR. s(5:5)=='_')) THEN
     out='H2O'//s(5:ns)                                                         !--- H2O<phase>[_<iso>][_<tag>]
