Index: /trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadataConfig.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadataConfig.c	(revision 14029)
+++ /trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadataConfig.c	(revision 14030)
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
 *  @author Joshua Hoblitt, University of Hawaii 2006-2007
 *
-*  @version $Revision: 1.136 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
-*  @date $Date: 2007-06-20 02:51:18 $
+*  @version $Revision: 1.137 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+*  @date $Date: 2007-07-06 02:07:57 $
 *
 *  Copyright 2004-2005 Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawaii
@@ -1546,17 +1546,24 @@
         FORMAT_PRIMITIVE_METADATAITEM(F64, ".15g");
         break;
-    case PS_DATA_STRING:
-        if (item->data.str && strlen(item->data.str) > 0) {
-            psStringAppend(&content, "%-15s  %-8s  %-15s",
-                           item->name, "STR", item->data.str);
-        } else {
-            psStringAppend(&content, "%-15s  %-8s  %-15s",
-                           item->name, "STR", "NULL");
-        }
-        if (item->comment && strncmp(item->comment,"",2)) {
-            psStringAppend(&content, "  # %s", item->comment);
-        }
-        psStringAppend(&content, " \n");
-        break;
+      case PS_DATA_STRING: {
+	  bool valid = false;
+	  if (item->data.str && strlen(item->data.str) > 0) {
+	      char *p = item->data.str;
+	      while (*p && isblank(*p)) p++;
+	      if (*p) valid = true;
+	  }
+	  if (valid) {
+	      psStringAppend(&content, "%-15s  %-8s  %-15s",
+			     item->name, "STR", item->data.str);
+	  } else {
+	      psStringAppend(&content, "%-15s  %-8s  %-15s",
+			     item->name, "STR", "NULL");
+	  }
+	  if (item->comment && strncmp(item->comment,"",2)) {
+	      psStringAppend(&content, "  # %s", item->comment);
+	  }
+	  psStringAppend(&content, " \n");
+	  break;
+      }
     case PS_DATA_METADATA: {
             if (item->comment && strncmp(item->comment,"",2)) {