Index: sm/trunk/scripts/createlinks.sh
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--- /issm/trunk/scripts/createlinks.sh	(revision 6625)
+++ 	(revision )
@@ -1,15 +1,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#creates soft links to startup in every test subdirectories
-
-#go to ISSM main directory
-cd $ISSM_TIER
-
-#get path of runmes.m
-FILES=`find ./ -name "runme.m" | sed s/runme.m//g | sed -e "s/\.\//\//g"`;
-
-#loop over the directories
-for i in $FILES; do
-	cd $ISSM_TIER$i
-	ln -s $ISSM_TIER/startup.m .
-	cd $ISSM_TIER
-done
Index: /issm/trunk/scripts/tai
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--- /issm/trunk/scripts/tai	(revision 6626)
+++ /issm/trunk/scripts/tai	(revision 6626)
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd $EXECUTION_DIR
+DIR=$(ls -lrtd *"/" | awk '{line= $0} END {print line}' | awk '{printf("%s\n",$9);}')
+tail -f $DIR/*.outlog
Index: /issm/trunk/scripts/user_kill
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--- /issm/trunk/scripts/user_kill	(revision 6626)
+++ /issm/trunk/scripts/user_kill	(revision 6626)
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#get jobs to be killed
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]
+then
+	echo "no job specified"
+	return
+fi
+
+#kill jobs
+for JOB in $*
+do
+
+	#if [[ "$HOSTNAME" != "metro.jpl.nasa.gov" ]]
+	#then
+	#	echo "cannot use user_kill for now"
+	#	exit
+	#fi
+
+	#if [[ $1 == "screen" ]]
+	#then
+	#	echo "cannot kill screen for now!"
+	#	exit 1
+	#fi
+
+
+
+	#if [[ $1 == "matlab" ]]
+	#then
+	#	echo "cannot kill matlab for now!"
+	#	exit 1
+	#fi
+
+	if [ "$JOB" = "konsole" ]; then
+		echo "cannot kill konsole for now!"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	echo "killing $JOB"
+
+	for i in `ps aux | grep $JOB | grep -v grep | grep -v user_kill | awk '{printf("%s\n",$2);}'`; 
+	do 
+		kill -9 $i;
+	done;
+done
Index: /issm/trunk/scripts/vil
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--- /issm/trunk/scripts/vil	(revision 6626)
+++ /issm/trunk/scripts/vil	(revision 6626)
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd $EXECUTION_DIR
+DIR=$(ls -lrtd *"/" | awk '{line= $0} END {print line}' | awk '{printf("%s\n",$9);}')
+vim $DIR/*.outlog