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Nancy, When using a script, make sure you escape the "$" sign in the $MAPFIL variable as "\$", otherwise, the script will interpret the character as a shell variable. A csh example is: #!/bin/csh gpmap << EOF \$mapfil = hirdus.nws+hishus.nws+hiuhus.nws garea = uslcc proj = def map = 23/1/1+3/1/1+3/1/2 ... run exit EOF Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 11:50, Nancy Selover wrote: > I am trying to get local roads to show up as background for radar in > Gempak. When I run GARP, I select "ROADS.NWS" and I get the local > road network in the background, but when I run a script to create the > image, I can't get the local roads to show up. I have selected > "hirdus.nws", along with Interstate, State and US highways, and all > but the local roads show up. They all have appropriate line color, > width and type. I have selected a garea only 1 degree of longitude > wide and 0.6 degrees of latitude high, but that didn't help with the > background. Isn't "hirdus.nws" the same as the NWS Roads coverage in > Garp? I am using the maps in the gempak/maps directory. > > Thanks, > Nancy > > Nancy J. Selover > Asst. State Climatologist > Office of Climatology tel: 480-965-0580 > Arizona State University fax: 480-965-1473 > Tempe, AZ 85287-1508 e-mail: address@hidden > >