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+@ECHO OFF
+REM *************************************************************************
+REM  Copyright (c) 2002 The University of Chicago, as Operator of Argonne
+REM      National Laboratory.
+REM  Copyright (c) 2002 The Regents of the University of California, as
+REM      Operator of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
+REM  EPICS BASE Versions 3.13.7
+REM  and higher are distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
+REM  in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution.
+REM *************************************************************************
+
+REM    ===================================================
+REM    ====== REQUIRED ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES FOLLOW ======
+REM
+REM    --------------- WINDOWS ---------------------------
+REM    ----- WIN95 -----
+REM set PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
+REM    ----- WINNT -----
+set PATH=C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32
+
+REM    --------------- GNU tools -------------------------
+REM    cygwin contains tk/tcl, vim, perl, and many unix tools
+set PATH=%PATH%;c:\cygwin\bin
+
+REM    --------------- EPICS -----------------------------
+REM    R3.14 requirements
+set EPICS_HOST_ARCH=cygwin-x86
+set PATH=%PATH%;G:\epics\base_R3_14_2_branch\bin\%EPICS_HOST_ARCH%
+set PATH=%PATH%;G:\epics\extensions\bin\%EPICS_HOST_ARCH%
+
+REM    ===================================================
+REM    ====== OPTIONAL ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES FOLLOW ======
+
+REM    ---------------- EPICS tools ----------------------
+REM HOST_ARCH for Makefile.Host builds
+set HOST_ARCH=cygwin32
+
+REM    --------------- GNU make flags --------------------
+REM set MAKEFLAGS=-w
+
+REM    --------------- EPICS Channel Access --------------
+REM    Uncomment and modify the following lines
+REM    to override the base/configure/CONFIG_ENV defaults
+REM set EPICS_CA_ADDR_LIST=164.54.188.65 164.54.5.255
+REM set EPICS_CA_AUTO_ADDR_LIST=YES
+
+REM    --------------- cygwin vim ------------------------
+REM HOME needed by vim to find _vimrc file.
+set HOME=/home/%USERNAME%
+REM VIM needed by vim to find help files.
+set VIM=/usr/share/vim/vim61
+
+REM    --------------- remote cvs (use cygwin cvs) -------
+REM HOME needed by cvs for .cvsrc file (set in vim above) 
+set CVSROOT=:ext:%USERNAME%@venus.aps.anl.gov:/usr/local/epicsmgr/cvsroot
+set CVS_RSH=/bin/ssh.exe
+
+REM    --------------- JAVA ------------------------------
+REM    Needed for java extensions
+set PATH=%PATH%;C:\j2sdk1.4.1_01\bin
+set CLASSPATH=G:\epics\extensions\javalib
+
+REM    --------------- X11+Motif--------------------------
+REM    Exceed or cygwin Xfree86 needed for Xwindows extensions
+REM
+REM    Exceed ( Cygwin should preceed Exceed in path)
+REM set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Exceed
+REM    or
+REM    cygwin Xfree86
+set PATH=%PATH%;c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
+set DISPLAY=localhost:0
+
+REM    ===================================================