Index: /issm/trunk/startup.m
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--- /issm/trunk/startup.m	(revision 6848)
+++ /issm/trunk/startup.m	(revision 6849)
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
 %   Copyright Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 
 
-global ISSM_TIER
+global ISSM_TIER ISSM_DIR PETSC_VERSION
 lastwarn(''); % clear the last warning to focus on the warnings of the ISSM path
 
-%Recover ISSM_TIER and USERNAME
+%Recover ISSM_TIER, ISSM_DIR  and USERNAME
 ISSM_TIER=getenv('ISSM_TIER');
+ISSM_DIR=getenv('ISSM_DIR');
 USERNAME =getenv('USER');
 if (isempty(ISSM_TIER)),
@@ -60,4 +61,7 @@
 clear USERNAME;
 
+%last thing, recover petsc version:
+PETSC_VERSION=petscversion(ISSM_TIER);
+
 %disable matlab bell!
 beep off;