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> 
> If you have the option to modify it, ensure that your script exits via 
> "exec sh". Alternatively a wrapper that does this is straightforward to 
> build.
> 
It's looking more and more that I need to make a temporary file that 
packages both the init file and the program command line (eval 
"blah...") before running. These will not be just shell scripts, they 
will be tool programs and x applications. Didn't want to do that because 
of the risk of leaving junk in /tmp.

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