--- MITgcm/verification/testreport	2010/01/16 22:08:27	1.133
+++ MITgcm/verification/testreport	2010/01/17 21:52:01	1.134
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env bash
 #
-#  $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/MITgcm/verification/testreport,v 1.133 2010/01/16 22:08:27 jmc Exp $
+#  $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/MITgcm/verification/testreport,v 1.134 2010/01/17 21:52:01 jmc Exp $
 #  $Name:  $
 #
 
@@ -596,9 +596,12 @@
 	printf 'runmodel in %s ...' $1 1>&2
 	# make output.txt
 	echo
-	if test -L $EXECUTABLE -a -x "../"$builddir"/"$EXECUTABLE ; then
+	if test -L $EXECUTABLE ; then
+	  if test -x "../"$builddir"/"$EXECUTABLE ; then
 	    diff -q $EXECUTABLE "../"$builddir"/"$EXECUTABLE > /dev/null 2>&1
 	    outD=$? ; if test $outD != 0 ; then rm -f $EXECUTABLE ; fi
+	  else rm -f $EXECUTABLE
+	  fi
 	fi
         if test ! -x $EXECUTABLE -a -x "../"$builddir"/"$EXECUTABLE ; then
 	    echo " link" $EXECUTABLE "from dir ../"$builddir > run.log_tmp