diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily-build.yml b/.github/workflows/daily-build.yml
index 0a95a13c..e4154016 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily-build.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: hdfview daily build
 
-# Triggered on pull request or schedule or on demand
+# Triggers the workflow on a schedule or on demand
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ on:
         type: string
         required: false
         default: check
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ "master" ]
   schedule:
     - cron: "5 0 * * *"
 
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       run-ignore: ${{ steps.getinputs.outputs.INPUTS_IGNORE }}
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.7
 
     - name: Get hdfview release base name
       uses: dsaltares/fetch-gh-release-asset@master
@@ -71,13 +69,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: Read inputs
       id: getinputs
       run: |
-        echo "INPUTS_IGNORE=${{ ((github.event.inputs.use_ignore == '' && github.event.inputs.use_ignore)  || 'ignore') }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        echo "INPUTS_ENVIRON=${{ ((github.event.inputs.use_environ == '' && github.event.inputs.use_environ)  || 'snapshots') }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "INPUTS_IGNORE=${{ github.event.inputs.use_ignore }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
     - run: echo "use_ignore is ${{ steps.getinputs.outputs.INPUTS_IGNORE }}."
 
-    - run: echo "use_environ is ${{ steps.getinputs.outputs.INPUTS_ENVIRON }}."
-
   call-workflow-tarball:
     needs: get-base-names
     uses: ./.github/workflows/tarball.yml
@@ -95,16 +90,16 @@ jobs:
       use_hdf5: ${{ needs.get-base-names.outputs.hdf5-name }}
       name_hdf5: ${{ needs.get-base-names.outputs.hdf5-name }}
       use_environ: snapshots
-    secrets:      
-      APPLE_CERTS_BASE64: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTS_BASE64 }}
-      APPLE_CERTS_BASE64_PASSWD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTS_BASE64_PASSWD }}
-      KEYCHAIN_PASSWD: ${{ secrets.KEYCHAIN_PASSWD }}
-      AZURE_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
-      AZURE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
-      AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET }}
-      AZURE_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.AZURE_ENDPOINT }}
-      AZURE_CODE_SIGNING_NAME: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CODE_SIGNING_NAME }}
-      AZURE_CERT_PROFILE_NAME: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CERT_PROFILE_NAME }}
+    secrets:
+        APPLE_CERTS_BASE64: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTS_BASE64 }}
+        APPLE_CERTS_BASE64_PASSWD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTS_BASE64_PASSWD }}
+        KEYCHAIN_PASSWD: ${{ secrets.KEYCHAIN_PASSWD }}
+        AZURE_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
+        AZURE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
+        AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET }}
+        AZURE_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.AZURE_ENDPOINT }}
+        AZURE_CODE_SIGNING_NAME: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CODE_SIGNING_NAME }}
+        AZURE_CERT_PROFILE_NAME: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CERT_PROFILE_NAME }}
 
   call-workflow-ant-app:
     needs: [get-base-names, call-workflow-tarball]
@@ -115,16 +110,16 @@ jobs:
       use_hdf5: ${{ needs.get-base-names.outputs.hdf5-name }}
       name_hdf5: ${{ needs.get-base-names.outputs.hdf5-name }}
       use_environ: snapshots
-    secrets:      
-      APPLE_CERTS_BASE64: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTS_BASE64 }}
-      APPLE_CERTS_BASE64_PASSWD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTS_BASE64_PASSWD }}
-      KEYCHAIN_PASSWD: ${{ secrets.KEYCHAIN_PASSWD }}
-      AZURE_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
-      AZURE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
-      AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET }}
-      AZURE_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.AZURE_ENDPOINT }}
-      AZURE_CODE_SIGNING_NAME: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CODE_SIGNING_NAME }}
-      AZURE_CERT_PROFILE_NAME: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CERT_PROFILE_NAME }}
+    secrets:
+        APPLE_CERTS_BASE64: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTS_BASE64 }}
+        APPLE_CERTS_BASE64_PASSWD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTS_BASE64_PASSWD }}
+        KEYCHAIN_PASSWD: ${{ secrets.KEYCHAIN_PASSWD }}
+        AZURE_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
+        AZURE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
+        AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET }}
+        AZURE_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.AZURE_ENDPOINT }}
+        AZURE_CODE_SIGNING_NAME: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CODE_SIGNING_NAME }}
+        AZURE_CERT_PROFILE_NAME: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CERT_PROFILE_NAME }}
 
   call-workflow-release:
     needs: [get-base-names, call-workflow-tarball, call-workflow-ant, call-workflow-ant-app]
@@ -147,5 +142,5 @@ jobs:
       file_base: ${{ needs.get-base-names.outputs.hdfview-name }}
       use_tag: HDFView-99.99.99
       use_environ: snapshots
-    if: ${{ ((needs.call-workflow-tarball.outputs.has_changes == 'true') || (needs.get-base-names.outputs.run-ignore == 'ignore')) }}
+    if: ${{ ((needs.call-workflow-tarball.outputs.has_changes == 'true') || (needs.get-base-names.outputs.run-ignore == 'ignore')) && (needs.get-base-names.outputs.hdfview-name != needs.call-workflow-tarball.outputs.file_base) }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-branch.yml
index 6179ee8e..b47f9375 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-branch.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ on:
         description: 'HDFView target bucket directory'
         type: string
         required: true
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 jobs:
   publish-tag:
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
         # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
         - name: Get Sources
-          uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+          uses: actions/checkout@9a9194f87191a7e9055e3e9b95b8cfb13023bb08 # v4.1.7
           with:
             fetch-depth: 0
             ref: '${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
index e33acc78..3cd8afe2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ on:
         description: 'HDFView target bucket directory'
         type: string
         required: true
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 jobs:
   publish-tag:
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
         # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
         - name: Get Sources
-          uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+          uses: actions/checkout@9a9194f87191a7e9055e3e9b95b8cfb13023bb08 # v4.1.7
           with:
             fetch-depth: 0
             ref: '${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}'
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
               ls ${{ github.workspace }}/HDFVIEW
 
         - name: Setup AWS CLI
-          uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+          uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
           with:
                  aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
                  aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-files.yml b/.github/workflows/release-files.yml
index 858fbba5..37b352f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-files.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-files.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
       - name: Get Sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@9a9194f87191a7e9055e3e9b95b8cfb13023bb08 # v4.1.7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           ref: '${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}'
@@ -73,58 +73,58 @@ jobs:
 
       # Get files created by tarball script
       - name: Get tgz-tarball (Linux)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@65a9edc5881444af0b9093a5e628f2fe47ea3b2e # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
               name: tgz-tarball
               path: ${{ github.workspace }}
 
       - name: Get zip-tarball (Windows)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@65a9edc5881444af0b9093a5e628f2fe47ea3b2e # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
               name: zip-tarball
               path: ${{ github.workspace }}
 
       # Get files created by ant script
       - name: Get published binary (Windows)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@65a9edc5881444af0b9093a5e628f2fe47ea3b2e # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
               name: zip-win-vs2022-binary
               path: ${{ github.workspace }}
 
       - name: Get published binary (MacOS)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@65a9edc5881444af0b9093a5e628f2fe47ea3b2e # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
               name: tgz-macos14_clang-binary
               path: ${{ github.workspace }}
 
       - name: Get published binary (Linux)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@65a9edc5881444af0b9093a5e628f2fe47ea3b2e # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
               name: tgz-ubuntu-2204-binary
               path: ${{ github.workspace }}
 
       # Get files created by ant-app script
       - name: Get published app binary (Windows)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@65a9edc5881444af0b9093a5e628f2fe47ea3b2e # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
               name: zip-win-vs2022-app-binary
               path: ${{ github.workspace }}
       
       - name: Get published app binary (MacOS)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@65a9edc5881444af0b9093a5e628f2fe47ea3b2e # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
               name: tgz-macos14_clang-app-binary
               path: ${{ github.workspace }}
       
       - name: Get published app binary (Linux)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@65a9edc5881444af0b9093a5e628f2fe47ea3b2e # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
               name: tgz-ubuntu-2204-app-binary
               path: ${{ github.workspace }}
 
       # Get files created by tarball script
       - name: Get UsersGuide (Linux)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@65a9edc5881444af0b9093a5e628f2fe47ea3b2e # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
               name: docs-usersguide
               path: ${{ github.workspace }}/UsersGuide
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "${{ steps.get-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}" > ./last-file.txt
 
       - name: Get NEWSLETTER
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@65a9edc5881444af0b9093a5e628f2fe47ea3b2e # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
               name: NEWSLETTER
               path: ${{ github.workspace }}
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: PreRelease tag
         id: create_prerelease
         if: ${{ (inputs.use_environ == 'snapshots') }}
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@69320dbe05506a9a39fc8ae11030b214ec2d1f87 # v2.0.5
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@c062e08bd532815e2082a85e87e3ef29c3e6d191 # v2.0.8
         with:
           tag_name: "${{ inputs.use_tag }}"
           prerelease: true
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Release tag
         id: create_release
         if: ${{ (inputs.use_environ == 'release') }}
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@69320dbe05506a9a39fc8ae11030b214ec2d1f87 # v2.0.5
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@c062e08bd532815e2082a85e87e3ef29c3e6d191 # v2.0.8
         with:
           tag_name: "${{ inputs.use_tag }}"
           prerelease: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0c4ebd39..2dee8f0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
-# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or
-# in parallel.
 jobs:
   log-the-inputs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -66,16 +64,16 @@ jobs:
       name_hdf5: ${{ inputs.name_tag5 }}
       snap_name: HDFView-${{ needs.call-workflow-tarball.outputs.source_base }}
       use_environ: release
-    secrets:      
-      APPLE_CERTS_BASE64: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTS_BASE64 }}
-      APPLE_CERTS_BASE64_PASSWD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTS_BASE64_PASSWD }}
-      KEYCHAIN_PASSWD: ${{ secrets.KEYCHAIN_PASSWD }}
-      AZURE_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
-      AZURE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
-      AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET }}
-      AZURE_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.AZURE_ENDPOINT }}
-      AZURE_CODE_SIGNING_NAME: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CODE_SIGNING_NAME }}
-      AZURE_CERT_PROFILE_NAME: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CERT_PROFILE_NAME }}
+    secrets:
+        APPLE_CERTS_BASE64: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTS_BASE64 }}
+        APPLE_CERTS_BASE64_PASSWD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTS_BASE64_PASSWD }}
+        KEYCHAIN_PASSWD: ${{ secrets.KEYCHAIN_PASSWD }}
+        AZURE_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
+        AZURE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
+        AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET }}
+        AZURE_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.AZURE_ENDPOINT }}
+        AZURE_CODE_SIGNING_NAME: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CODE_SIGNING_NAME }}
+        AZURE_CERT_PROFILE_NAME: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CERT_PROFILE_NAME }}
 
   call-workflow-ant-app:
     needs: [log-the-inputs, call-workflow-tarball]
@@ -87,16 +85,16 @@ jobs:
       name_hdf5: ${{ inputs.name_tag5 }}
       snap_name: HDFView-${{ needs.call-workflow-tarball.outputs.source_base }}
       use_environ: release
-    secrets:      
-      APPLE_CERTS_BASE64: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTS_BASE64 }}
-      APPLE_CERTS_BASE64_PASSWD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTS_BASE64_PASSWD }}
-      KEYCHAIN_PASSWD: ${{ secrets.KEYCHAIN_PASSWD }}
-      AZURE_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
-      AZURE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
-      AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET }}
-      AZURE_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.AZURE_ENDPOINT }}
-      AZURE_CODE_SIGNING_NAME: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CODE_SIGNING_NAME }}
-      AZURE_CERT_PROFILE_NAME: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CERT_PROFILE_NAME }}
+    secrets:
+        APPLE_CERTS_BASE64: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTS_BASE64 }}
+        APPLE_CERTS_BASE64_PASSWD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTS_BASE64_PASSWD }}
+        KEYCHAIN_PASSWD: ${{ secrets.KEYCHAIN_PASSWD }}
+        AZURE_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
+        AZURE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
+        AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET }}
+        AZURE_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.AZURE_ENDPOINT }}
+        AZURE_CODE_SIGNING_NAME: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CODE_SIGNING_NAME }}
+        AZURE_CERT_PROFILE_NAME: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CERT_PROFILE_NAME }}
 
   call-workflow-release:
     needs: [log-the-inputs, call-workflow-tarball, call-workflow-ant, call-workflow-ant-app]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tarball.yml b/.github/workflows/tarball.yml
index 6d898fd5..c745ddb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tarball.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tarball.yml
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
-# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or
-# in parallel
 jobs:
   check_commits:
     name: Check for recent commits
@@ -94,9 +92,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
       - name: Get Sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.7
         with:
           path: hdfsrc
+          ref: '${{needs.check_commits.outputs.branch_ref }}'
 
       - name: Read VERSION file
         id: getversion
diff --git a/src/org.hdfgroup.hdfview/hdf/view/HDFView.java b/src/org.hdfgroup.hdfview/hdf/view/HDFView.java
index 5663344b..c1c32925 100644
--- a/src/org.hdfgroup.hdfview/hdf/view/HDFView.java
+++ b/src/org.hdfgroup.hdfview/hdf/view/HDFView.java
@@ -2810,7 +2810,7 @@ else if ("-java.version".equalsIgnoreCase(args[i])) {
             for (int i = args.length - j; i < args.length; i++) {
                 tmpFile = new File(args[i]);
                 if (!tmpFile.isAbsolute())
-                    tmpFile = new File(rootDir, args[i]);
+                    tmpFile = new File(startDir, args[i]);
                 log.trace("main: filelist - file = {} ", tmpFile.getAbsolutePath());
                 log.trace("main: filelist - add file = {} exists={} isFile={} isDir={}", tmpFile,
                           tmpFile.exists(), tmpFile.isFile(), tmpFile.isDirectory());