diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon
index d6d759965..7ed8e3b69 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ GCC_RANLIB =
 #--------------------------------------------------
 # C++ host processing
 NM = $(GNU_BIN)/$(CMPLR_PREFIX)nm$(CMPLR_SUFFIX)$(HOSTEXE)
-ifneq ($(wildcard $(GNU_BIN)/munch.tcl),)
+ifeq ($(wildcard $(GNU_BIN)/munch.tcl),$(wildcard $(GNU_BIN)/munch.tcl))
 ##ifeq ($(wildcard $(GNU_BIN)/$(CMPLR_PREFIX)munch$(HOSTEXE)),)
 #tornado2
 export WIND_BASE = $(VX_DIR)
diff --git a/src/iocsh/iocUtil.c b/src/iocsh/iocUtil.c
index 7241bc7b5..6f1b7429c 100644
--- a/src/iocsh/iocUtil.c
+++ b/src/iocsh/iocUtil.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static void runScriptCallFunc(ioccrfArg **args)
 }
 
 /* chdir */
-static ioccrfArg chdirArg0 = { "directory name",ioccrfArgString,0};
+static ioccrfArg chdirArg0 = { "current directory name",ioccrfArgString,0};
 static ioccrfArg *chdirArgs[1] = {&chdirArg0};
 static ioccrfFuncDef chdirFuncDef = {"cd",1,chdirArgs};
 static void chdirCallFunc(ioccrfArg **args)
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ static void chdirCallFunc(ioccrfArg **args)
     chdir((char *)args[0]->value);
 }
 
+/* print current working directory */
+static ioccrfFuncDef pwdFuncDef = { "pwd", 0, 0 };
+static void pwdCallFunc (ioccrfArg **args)
+{
+    char buf[256];
+    char *pwd = getcwd ( buf, sizeof(buf) - 1 );
+    if ( pwd ) {
+        printf ( "%s\n", pwd );
+    }
+}
+
 /* show (thread information) */
 static ioccrfArg showArg0 = { "task",ioccrfArgString,0};
 static ioccrfArg showArg1 = { "task",ioccrfArgString,0};
@@ -106,6 +117,7 @@ void epicsShareAPI iocUtilRegister(void)
 {
     ioccrfRegister(&runScriptFuncDef,runScriptCallFunc);
     ioccrfRegister(&chdirFuncDef,chdirCallFunc);
+    ioccrfRegister(&pwdFuncDef,pwdCallFunc);
     ioccrfRegister(&showFuncDef,showCallFunc);
     ioccrfRegister(&threadInitFuncDef,threadInitCallFunc);
 }
diff --git a/src/iocsh/ioccrf.c b/src/iocsh/ioccrf.c
index b1c1b5bde..12076992e 100644
--- a/src/iocsh/ioccrf.c
+++ b/src/iocsh/ioccrf.c
@@ -374,9 +374,12 @@ ioccrf (const char *pathname)
                 pioccrfArg = pioccrfFuncDef->arg[arg];
                 if (!pargvalue) {
                     pargvalue = callocMustSucceed(1, sizeof(argvalue), "ioccrf");
-                    if(prevargvalue)
+                    if ( prevargvalue ) {
                         prevargvalue->next = pargvalue;
-                    argvalueHead = pargvalue;
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        argvalueHead = pargvalue;
+                    }
                 }
                 if (!cvtArg (filename, lineno, p, pargvalue, pioccrfArg))
                     break;