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David, You are referencing old files. The configuration of the menu pulldowns is done through $GEMTBL/nsharp files, where the data set name UAIR in nsharp_observed.tbl is the $GEMTBL/config/datatype.tbl alias- the same datalocation you would be expecting by using the UAIR template in the SN* programs. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, David Blanchard wrote: > I'm having trouble with Nsharp finding the correct data directory for > current soundings (Load > Observed > File > UAIR ). The NSHARP resource > file ( ~/.app-defaults) has been modified to the data directory but > does not appear to have any affect. > > Closer examination reveals that this may be an older resource file since > it mentions V3.1 at the top of the file. In $NAWIPS/resource/ there is > a resource file for NSHARP v3.2 but it only has a few lines and no paths > to data locations. In addition, if I use this file in my .app-defaults > directory, I get errors: > > $ nsharp > nsharp: line 1: Nsharp.geometry:: command not found > nsharp: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `('=20 > nsharp: line 2: Nsharp.title: SkewT Hodograph Analysis and Research > Program (V3.2 + UPC Mods)' > > There must be something simple that I've overlooked... > > --gempak v5.9.1 darwin=20 > --MacOS X 10.4.2 > > Thanks, > > David > -- > +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | David O. Blanchard Flagstaff, Arizona address@hidden | > +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >