Index: /issm/trunk/cron/nightlyrun.sh
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk/cron/nightlyrun.sh	(revision 2198)
+++ /issm/trunk/cron/nightlyrun.sh	(revision 2199)
@@ -51,15 +51,5 @@
 HOST_NAME=$(host_name $OS);
 START_TIME=$(timer)
-
-#Initialize nightly run output
-rm -rf $ISSM_DIR/test/Verification/NightlyRun
-mkdir  $ISSM_DIR/test/Verification/NightlyRun
-cat << END > $ISSM_DIR/test/Verification/NightlyRun/nightly.log
-today:   $(echo $TODAY)
-user:    $(whoami)
-host:    $(echo $HOST_NAME)
-OS:      $(echo $OS)
-release: $(echo "issm")
-END
+ISSM_RELEASE="issm";
 
 #create ISSM variables
@@ -156,5 +146,12 @@
 INSTALL_TIME=$(timer)
 ELAPSED_INSTALL=$(timer $START_TIME)
-cat << END >> $ISSM_DIR/test/Verification/NightlyRun/nightly.log
+rm -rf $ISSM_DIR/test/Verification/NightlyRun
+mkdir  $ISSM_DIR/test/Verification/NightlyRun
+cat << END > $ISSM_DIR/test/Verification/NightlyRun/nightly.log
+today:   $(echo $TODAY)
+user:    $(whoami)
+host:    $(echo $HOST_NAME)
+OS:      $(echo $OS)
+release: $(echo "issm")
 elapsed_install: $(echo $ELAPSED_INSTALL)
 END
Index: /issm/trunk/cron/run.sh
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk/cron/run.sh	(revision 2198)
+++ /issm/trunk/cron/run.sh	(revision 2199)
@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@
 source $1;
 
+#check NUMCPUS_RUN options
+if [ "$NUMCPUS_RUN" = "" ]
+then
+	echo "NUMCPUS_RUN option not found, defaulting to NUMCPUS_RUN = 1"
+	NUMCPUS_RUN=1
+fi
+
 #create softlink to startup
 cd $ISSM_DIR/test/Verification/NightlyRun/
-if [ -e startup.m ]
-then
-	rm startup.m
-fi
 ln -s $ISSM_DIR/startup.m .
 
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@
 	warning off %necessary to avoid a nightly.log of several Go for cielo_parallel
 	try,
-	$(if [ "$1" = ""  ]
+	$(if [ "$NROPTIONS" = ""  ]
 	then
-		echo "nightlyrun;"
+		echo "nightlyrun('rank',$i,'numprocs',$NUMCPUS_RUN);"
 	else
 		echo "nightlyrun($NROPTIONS,'rank',$i,'numprocs',$NUMCPUS_RUN);"