Index: trunk/ippTasks/pantasks.pro
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--- trunk/ippTasks/pantasks.pro	(revision 16208)
+++ trunk/ippTasks/pantasks.pro	(revision 16298)
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-
-# XXX make these upper-case
+## pantasks.pro : globals and support macros : -*- sh -*-
+
+# globals used to control system behavior : these should be in uppercase
 $NEBULOUS = 0
-$network = 1
-$parallel = 1
+$NETWORK = 1
+$PARALLEL = 1
 $VERBOSE = 1
 $LOGDIR = `pwd`
-$scripts = .
-
-$loadpoll = 0.25
-$loadexec = 5
-$runpoll = 0.5
-$runexec = 1
+
+$LOADPOLL = 0.25
+$LOADEXEC = 5
+$RUNPOLL = 0.5
+$RUNEXEC = 1
 
 $EXIT_SUCCESS     = 0
@@ -426,2 +426,21 @@
   end
 end
+
+macro check.globals
+  if ($?NETWORK == 0)
+    echo "NETWORK not defined: load pantasks.pro first"
+    break
+  end
+  if ($?PARALLEL == 0)
+    echo "PARALLEL not defined: load pantasks.pro first"
+    break
+  end
+  if ($?VERBOSE == 0)
+    echo "VERBOSE not defined: load pantasks.pro first"
+    break
+  end
+  if ($?LOGDIR == 0)
+    echo "LOGDIR not defined: load pantasks.pro first"
+    break
+  end
+end