Index: branches/eam_branch_00/ippTasks/phase0.pro
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--- branches/eam_branch_00/ippTasks/phase0.pro	(revision 11109)
+++ branches/eam_branch_00/ippTasks/phase0.pro	(revision 11110)
@@ -37,4 +37,7 @@
   periods      -exec $loadexec
   periods      -timeout 30
+
+  # XXX test that this option works
+  npending     1
 
   # silently drop stdout
@@ -100,9 +103,4 @@
     end
 
-    # XXX this is still a lame rule
-    $word = `basename $EXP_TAG | tr '.' ' '`
-    list word -split $word
-    $base = $word:0
-
     ## generate output log based on filerule
     $outroot = $OUTPATH/$EXP_TAG