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David Arnstein wrote:
> I reduced the PATH environment variable greatly within
> my bash shell script, and now I am back in business!
> 
> Thank you for your excellent suggestion.
> 

On a side note, I've noticed that (a) ClearCase inserts itself into the 
front of the path, (b) ClearCase provides a "hostname" program that is a 
GUI application, anc (c) configure scripts get REALLY confused when 
'hostname' forks off a GUI programs and "returns" an empty string.

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Chuck

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