diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5c45268686b2e1c0841af0a95d36fc05b4a4e745..2d965cb2b053eb74ad655705a7bdecf70dec9655 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 !/mnh_expand/.gitkeep
 
 # Ignore the content of testprogs_data but not the directory itself
-/testprogs_data/**
-!/testprogs_data/.gitkeep
+/testprogs_data/ice_adjust/**
+/testprogs_data/rain_ice/**
+!/testprogs_data/ice_adjust/.gitkeep
+!/testprogs_data/rain_ice/.gitkeep
 
 # Ignore vim swapp files
 .*.swp
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 3b21b97b773a70f667c9021fdd313c00347b6a88..8e988c4f20799bfecb741701d90e0edf6a2e0a71 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ Some installations are needed:
 3) MNH_EXPAND
    This tool is composed of two parts: the filepp software, and the MNH_Expand_Array package.
    Installation is described in ** INSTALL_mnh_expand **
+
+4) TESTPROGS REFERENCE DATA
+   The script check\_commit\_testprogs.sh needs reference data.
+   The data generation is explained in ** INSTALL_testprogs **
diff --git a/INSTALL_testprogs b/INSTALL_testprogs
index bbeb43f462ab8a910d9ae24de76b918840768c84..7d63812c1e61e448cc838ad36c63031225abf48f 100644
--- a/INSTALL_testprogs
+++ b/INSTALL_testprogs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-Testprogs data on sxphynh
+The testprogs_data directory must be filled by reference data.
+These data are generated according to the description provided in the Offline documentation.
 
-cd testprogs_data
-mkdir ice_adjust
-cd ice_adjust
-git clone git@github.com:pmarguinaud/ice_adjust.git
-mv ice_adjust/data/* .
-rm -rf ice_adjust/
+The check_commit_testprogs.sh script will run offline simulations in the directory given
+by the environment variable TESTPROGSDIR ($HOME/TESTPROGS will be used if the variable is not set).
+This directory must exist.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b9629700f0270caa806041b07fdc19a0a5345cb1..55c75db8985e0736bd90ae41cd1bfd19126e47ac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
-# PHYEX_tools
+# PHYEX\_tools
 
 This package contains tools related to the PHYEX package (https://github.com/QuentinRodier/PHYEX).
-Specifically, the prep_code.sh scripts prepare the source code for inclusion in the compilation machinery
+Specifically, the prep\_code.sh scripts prepare the source code for inclusion in the compilation machinery
 of the different models.
 
-And, the check_commit_ial.sh script compiles, executes IAL test cases and compares the results againts a reference simulation.
+And, the check\_commit\_ial.sh script compiles, executes IAL test cases and compares the results againts a reference simulation.
 
-Moreover, the check_commit_mesonh.sh script compiles, executes a test case and compares the results againts a reference simulation.
+Moreover, the check\_commit\_mesonh.sh script compiles, executes a test case and compares the results againts a reference simulation.
+
+The check\_commit\_testprogs.sh does the same for the offline test programs.
+
+verify\_mnh\_expand.py checks the conformace of the code regarding mnh\_expand directives.
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -14,9 +18,10 @@ Instructions can be found in INSTALL file.
 
 ## Usage
 
-Help on check_commit_ial.sh, check_commit_mesonh.sh and prep_code.sh can be printed with the '-h' option.
+Help on check\_commit\_ial.sh, check\_commit\_mesonh.sh, check\_commit\_testprogs.sh,
+verify\_mnh\_expand.py and prep\_code.sh can be printed with the '-h' option.
 
-For check_commit_mesonh.sh the following environment variables can be set:
+For check\_commit\_mesonh.sh the following environment variables can be set:
 * MNHPACK: directory in which MNH pack will be created (default is $HOME/MesoNH/PHYEX)
-* REFDIR: directory in which reference pack can be found (default is the pack directory near the check_commit_mesonh.sh file)
-* TARGZDIR: directory in which the tar.gz file can be found (default is the pack directory near the check_commit_mesonh.sh file)
+* REFDIR: directory in which reference pack can be found (default is the pack directory near the check\_commit\_mesonh.sh file)
+* TARGZDIR: directory in which the tar.gz file can be found (default is the pack directory near the check\_commit\_mesonh.sh file)
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e2e3c2bde63262ec4e29eb831370253927034f7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/TODO
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Supprimer répertoire Tools en modifiant le script diffNODE.001_01
-Déplacer les scripts dans un répertoire
-Activer le cas ARMCU
-Rendre le cas big_3D utilisable sur taranis
diff --git a/Tools/Frame.pm b/Tools/Frame.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index 22e34c840e764b2b98baa5d58364068326b5af20..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Tools/Frame.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-package Tools::Frame;
-
-use strict;
-use base qw (Exporter);
-our @EXPORT = qw (frame);
-
-sub frame
-{
-  my ($t, $width, $border) = @_;
-  my $len = length ($t);
-
-  $border = 1 unless (defined ($border));
-
-  my $S = ' ';
-
-  my ($C, $V, $H) = ('*', '|', '-');
-
-  ($C, $V, $H) = (' ', ' ', ' ')
-    unless ($border);
-
-  my $df = 3;
-  $width ||= $len + 2 * $df;
-
-  my $line1 = $C . ($H x ($width-2)) . $C;
-  my $line2 = $V . ($S x ($width-2)) . $V;
-
-
-  my $TEXT = '';
-
-  $TEXT .= "$line1\n";
-  for (1 .. ($df-1)/2)
-    {
-      $TEXT .= "$line2\n";
-    }
-
-  die ("Cannot frame text: `$t'\n")
-    if ($width - 2 * $df <= 0);
-  
-  while ($t)
-    {
-      my $s = substr ($t, 0, $width - 2 * $df, '');
-
-      my $i = 0;
-      while (length ($s) < $width - 2 * $df)
-        {
-          if ($i % 2)
-            {
-              $s = " $s";
-            }
-          else
-            {
-              $s = "$s ";
-            }
-          $i++;
-        }
-      my $linet = $V . ($S x ($df-1)) . $s .  ($S x ($df-1)) . $V;
-      $TEXT .= "$linet\n";
-    }
-
-  for (1 .. ($df-1)/2)
-    {
-      $TEXT .= "$line2\n";
-    }
-  $TEXT .= "$line1\n";
-}
-
-
-1;
diff --git a/check_commit_testprogs.sh b/check_commit_testprogs.sh
index ec7c0c10015d0c34b913dde1e782adef91aa07f9..46cca3aad0433f4a456d8a9caec13804606352c8 100755
--- a/check_commit_testprogs.sh
+++ b/check_commit_testprogs.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ set -e
 #ice_adjust: the ice adjust test case
 
 specialName="ref"
-availTests="ice_adjust"
+availTests="ice_adjust,rain_ice"
 defaultTest='ALL'
 separator='_' #- seprator must be in sync with prep_code.sh separator
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ while [ -n "$1" ]; do
   shift
 done
 
-TESTDIR=${TESTDIR:=$HOME/TESTPROGS}
+TESTDIR=${TESTPROGSDIR:=$HOME/TESTPROGS}
 
 function exescript () {
   #usage: exescript <output file> <script> [arg [arg ...]]
diff --git a/conf_tests/small_3D/aro48t1.sh b/conf_tests/small_3D/aro48t1.sh
index c459620a2632bb0b90f6a45b8c084cb58ed02807..e4dee94ab7fedf14b4354eef27618864b8095488 100755
--- a/conf_tests/small_3D/aro48t1.sh
+++ b/conf_tests/small_3D/aro48t1.sh
@@ -1189,6 +1189,7 @@ ls
 #  cp PFFPOS000+0000 $WAIT_QUEUE/PFFPOS000+0000.$PBS_JOBID
 #fi
 cp lola NODE.001_01 ICMSHFPOS+00* DHFDLFPOS+00* $OUTPUTDIR/
+mv *.dat $OUTPUTDIR/
 /bin/rm fort.4 EXSEG1.nam lola ICMSHFPOS+0000* PFFPOSFRANGP0025+0000* ICMSHFPOS+0001*
 /bin/rm PFFPOSFRANGP0025+0001* ICMSHFPOS+0002* ECHIS PFFPOSFRANGP0025+0002* DHFDLFPOS+00*
 /bin/rm ECHFP NODE.001_01 ifs.stat $(tar tfz $rekchemin/data/rtm/radiation_params.47r1_light.tgz)
diff --git a/diffNODE.001_01 b/diffNODE.001_01
index 83c6fa6becd543db0ddd85d37dcc634ebd7c752e..d33640104415782a37f87e7c0c49acd84be02a80 100755
--- a/diffNODE.001_01
+++ b/diffNODE.001_01
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ use strict;
 use FindBin qw ($Bin);
 use lib $Bin;
 use FileHandle;
-use Tools::Frame;
+#Frame was inlined in this script
+#use Tools::Frame;
 use Data::Dumper;
 use POSIX qw (floor);
 use Getopt::Long;
@@ -16,6 +17,66 @@ my %opts = (
             'jo-max-diff'   => .030000,
            );
 
+sub frame
+{
+  my ($t, $width, $border) = @_;
+  my $len = length ($t);
+
+  $border = 1 unless (defined ($border));
+
+  my $S = ' ';
+
+  my ($C, $V, $H) = ('*', '|', '-');
+
+  ($C, $V, $H) = (' ', ' ', ' ')
+    unless ($border);
+
+  my $df = 3;
+  $width ||= $len + 2 * $df;
+
+  my $line1 = $C . ($H x ($width-2)) . $C;
+  my $line2 = $V . ($S x ($width-2)) . $V;
+
+
+  my $TEXT = '';
+
+  $TEXT .= "$line1\n";
+  for (1 .. ($df-1)/2)
+    {
+      $TEXT .= "$line2\n";
+    }
+
+  die ("Cannot frame text: `$t'\n")
+    if ($width - 2 * $df <= 0);
+  
+  while ($t)
+    {
+      my $s = substr ($t, 0, $width - 2 * $df, '');
+
+      my $i = 0;
+      while (length ($s) < $width - 2 * $df)
+        {
+          if ($i % 2)
+            {
+              $s = " $s";
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              $s = "$s ";
+            }
+          $i++;
+        }
+      my $linet = $V . ($S x ($df-1)) . $s .  ($S x ($df-1)) . $V;
+      $TEXT .= "$linet\n";
+    }
+
+  for (1 .. ($df-1)/2)
+    {
+      $TEXT .= "$line2\n";
+    }
+  $TEXT .= "$line1\n";
+}
+
 
 sub xave
 {
diff --git a/testprogs_data/ice_adjust/.gitkeep b/testprogs_data/ice_adjust/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/testprogs_data/rain_ice/.gitkeep b/testprogs_data/rain_ice/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/testprogs_data/shallow_mf/.gitkeep b/testprogs_data/shallow_mf/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/testprogs_data/turb/.gitkeep b/testprogs_data/turb/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/update_from_sxphynh.sh b/update_from_sxphynh.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index cc1d53de0c4bce39f05afcbcf2984e282db956b2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/update_from_sxphynh.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-touch /scratch/work/riette/202005_externalisation_physique/update_from_sxphynh.sh
-
-for file in check_commit_ial.sh comp_DDH.py diffNODE.001_01 Tools prep_code.sh conf_tests update_from_sxphynh.sh env.sh; do
-  rsync -rltp --delete --timeout=30 \
-      sxphynh.cnrm.meteo.fr:/cnrm/phynh/data1/riette/DATA/202005_externalisation_physique/$file \
-      /scratch/work/riette/202005_externalisation_physique/
-done