--- MITgcm/tools/genmake2	2011/08/03 18:14:08	1.222
+++ MITgcm/tools/genmake2	2011/08/15 13:56:21	1.225
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/MITgcm/tools/genmake2,v 1.222 2011/08/03 18:14:08 jmc Exp $
+# $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/MITgcm/tools/genmake2,v 1.225 2011/08/15 13:56:21 jmc Exp $
 # $Name:  $
 #
 # Makefile generator for MITgcm UV codes
@@ -1522,8 +1522,16 @@
 fi
 if test "x$GET_FC_VERSION" != x ; then
   echo "Get compiler version using: $FC $GET_FC_VERSION" >> $LOGFILE
-  $FC $GET_FC_VERSION >> $LOGFILE 2>&1
+  ff=`echo $FC | sed 's/ .*//'` ; xx=`echo $ff | sed 's/^./& /' | sed 's/ .*//'`
+  if test $xx != '/' ; then which $ff >> $LOGFILE ; fi
+  $FC $GET_FC_VERSION > genmake_fc_vers1 2> genmake_fc_vers2
+  if test -s genmake_fc_vers1 ; then
+    cat genmake_fc_vers1 >> $LOGFILE
+  else
+    cat genmake_fc_vers2 >> $LOGFILE
+  fi
   echo "<-- compiler version ----" >> $LOGFILE
+  rm -f genmake_fc_vers1 genmake_fc_vers2
 fi
 
 if test "x$CC" = x ; then