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Don, Your scripts use the environmental variable SIGWX in the path name for your VGFILE parameter. I suspect that this variable is not set in your environment when your script runs, but you have set it in your shell environment when running interactively. Check and set this variable in your script as necessary. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support >From: "Don Clary" <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200510272021.j9RKLq92014069 >--=_04344d2f3c30ebcabb6fded94409effd >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Institution: Global Weather Dynamics >Package Version: 5.8.3a >Operating System: RH EL 3 update 5 >Hardware Information: Intel Celeron >Inquiry: I am using the two attached scripts to create charts of Europe, but t > he VGFILE is not plotted when the script runs. > >The VGFILE is plotted, if I run gpmap then mouse in the parameter values then > run the plot. > >The script files are adapted from examples on the GEMPAK web site. > >What am I doing incorrectly? > >Thank you, > >Don Clary > > >--=_04344d2f3c30ebcabb6fded94409effd >Content-Type: text/plain >Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 >Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="euro_chart.xw" > >IyEvYmluL2NzaCAtZgojc2V0ZW52IERJU1BMQVkgcGNkY2xhcnkxOjAuMApzb3VyY2UgJE5BV0lQ >Uy9HZW1lbnZpcm9uCiMKIyBOb3RlIEhEUyBzZXQgaW4gR2VtZW52aXJvbiBmb3IgbG9jYXRpb24g >b2YKIyAgICAgRGVjb2RlZCBIUlMgZmlsZXMKCgojc2V0IENVUlJFTlRfRVRBPWBscyAtdCAkSERT >LypfZXRhLmdlbSB8IGhlYWQgLTFgCgojCiMgR2VuZXJhdGUgR2lmcyBpbiAvdG1wIGRpcmVjdG9y >eQojY2QgL3RtcAoKaWYoLWUgY29tYmluZWQyMDA1MTAyMDAwLmdpZiApIHRoZW4KIyAgIHJtIC1m >IGNvbWJpbmVkMjAwNTEwMjAwMC5naWYqCmVuZGlmCgpncG1hcCA8PCBFT0YKCk1BUAkgPSAgMQpH >QVJFQQkgPSAgMjQuMDA7LTE2LjAwOzUyLjAwOzgwLjAKUFJPSgkgPSAgc3RyLzkwOzEwOzAKU0FU >RklMCSA9ClJBREZJTAkgPQpJTUNCQVIJID0KTEFUTE9OCSA9ICAyLzEwLzEvMS8xNTsxNQpQQU5F >TAkgPSAgMApUSVRMRQkgPSAgMApURVhUCSA9ICAxCkNMRUFSCSA9ICB5ZXMKREVWSUNFCSA9ICB4 >dwpMVVRGSUwgICA9ClNUTlBMVCAgID0KVkdGSUxFCSA9ICAkU0lHV1gvYnVmcmZpbGVzL2NvbWJp >bmVkXzIwMDUxMDIwMDBfMjRfZmluYWwudmdmCkFGT1NGTAkgPQpBV1BTRkwJID0KTElORQkgPQpX >QVRDSCAgICA9CldBUk4gICAgID0KSFJDTiAgICAgPQpJU0lHICAgICA9CkxUTkcgICAgID0KQVRD >RiAgICAgPQpBSVJNICAgICA9Ck5DT04gICAgID0KQ1NJRyAgICAgPQpTVlJMICAgICA9CldTVE0J >ID0KV09VICAgICAgPQpXQ04gICAgICA9CldDUCAgICAgID0KRU5DWSAgICAgPQpyCgplCiNFT0YK >IwojZ3BlbmQK >--=_04344d2f3c30ebcabb6fded94409effd >Content-Type: text/plain >Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 >Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="euro_chart.gif" > >IyEvYmluL2NzaCAtZgpzb3VyY2UgJE5BV0lQUy9HZW1lbnZpcm9uCiMKIyBOb3RlIEhEUyBzZXQg >aW4gR2VtZW52aXJvbiBmb3IgbG9jYXRpb24gb2YKIyAgICAgRGVjb2RlZCBIUlMgZmlsZXMKCgoj >c2V0IENVUlJFTlRfRVRBPWBscyAtdCAkSERTLypfZXRhLmdlbSB8IGhlYWQgLTFgCgojCiMgR2Vu >ZXJhdGUgR2lmcyBpbiAvdG1wIGRpcmVjdG9yeQpjZCAvdG1wCgppZigtZSBjb21iaW5lZDIwMDUx >MDIwMDAuZ2lmICkgdGhlbgogICBybSAtZiBjb21iaW5lZDIwMDUxMDIwMDAuZ2lmKgplbmRpZgoK >Z3BtYXAgPDwgRU9GCgpNQVAJID0gIDEKR0FSRUEJID0gIDI0LjAwOy0xNi4wMDs1Mi4wMDs4MC4w >ClBST0oJID0gIHN0ci85MDsxMDswClNBVEZJTAkgPQpSQURGSUwJID0KSU1DQkFSCSA9CkxBVExP >TgkgPSAgMi8xMC8xLzEvMTU7MTUKUEFORUwJID0gIDAKVElUTEUJID0gIDEvLzIwIE9jdCAyMDA1 >IDI0IEhyIEZvcmVjYXN0ClRFWFQJID0gIDEKQ0xFQVIJID0gIHllcwpERVZJQ0UJID0gIEdGfGNv >bWJpbmVkXzIwMDUxMDIwMDAuZ2lmfDcwMDs2MDB8CkxVVEZJTCAgID0KU1ROUExUICAgPQpWR0ZJ >TEUJID0gICRTSUdXWC9idWZyZmlsZXMvY29tYmluZWRfMjAwNTEwMjAwMF8yNF9maW5hbC52Z2YK >QUZPU0ZMCSA9CkFXUFNGTAkgPQpMSU5FCSA9CldBVENIICAgID0KV0FSTiAgICAgPQpIUkNOICAg >ICA9CklTSUcgICAgID0KTFRORyAgICAgPQpBVENGICAgICA9CkFJUk0gICAgID0KTkNPTiAgICAg >PQpDU0lHICAgICA9ClNWUkwgICAgID0KV1NUTQkgPQpXT1UgICAgICA9CldDTiAgICAgID0KV0NQ >ICAgICAgPQpFTkNZICAgICA9CnIKCmUKRU9GCgpncGVuZAo= >--=_04344d2f3c30ebcabb6fded94409effd-- > -- NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.