1. Remember all of those resources we created in earlier exercises? They are saved off in the user's local resource directory: /home/idv/.unidata/idv/DefaultIdv.
2. The files include:
• aliases.xml - The data aliases.
• default.xidv - The default bundle.
• main.xml - User preferences.
• paramdefaults.xml - Parameter defaults.
• projections.xml - Projections.
3. The IDV looks in the user's resource directory, the site path and the system path for these resources.
4. View the available resources
   • From the Tools menu select Resource Manager.
   • This provides an overview of all of the available individual resources.
   • But where are these individual resources kept?
     Answer...
   • To see just where the resources are located select the List Sources button.
     
5. To share these resources across a site one just needs to copy these files to an accessible web site or directory. Then point the IDV to that path with the -sitepath command line argument. Try running the IDV with:

   idv -userpath ~/otheridv -noplugins -listresources -sitepath https://docs.unidata.ucar.edu/idv/current/workshop/
   

6. Note: when running with the -sitepath argument that value is persistent. Bring up the Preferences and remove the sitepath entry.
7. Exit the IDV.
8. Ahh, you might say: "what about these plugins I keep hearing about?"

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