Index: /issm/trunk/startup.m
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--- /issm/trunk/startup.m	(revision 4)
+++ /issm/trunk/startup.m	(revision 5)
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@
 	error('issmdir error message: problem when running ''echo $ISSM_DIR'' shell command');
 end
+clear status;
 if (isempty(ISSM_DIR)) | (length(ISSM_DIR)==1),
 	error('issmdir error message: ''ISSM_DIR'' environment variable is empty! You should define ISSM_DIR in your .cshrc or .bashrc!');