diff --git a/src/sequencer/chmod.sh b/src/sequencer/chmod.sh
index 2b18c4791..25249c6a3 100644
--- a/src/sequencer/chmod.sh
+++ b/src/sequencer/chmod.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,45 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-# chmod.sh
-# share/src/sequencer / $Id$
-# Tailored script to change permissions on files in this directory
-# the name chmod.sh is a key and must not be changed. If the release tool
-# sccsGet finds a file by the name of (chmod.sh), after it has retrieved
-# any out-of-date SCCS files, it invokes the script to add execute permissions.
+#!/bin/sh
+# epics/release $Id$
+#       Author: Roger A. Cole (LANL)
+#       Date:   08-20-91
+#
+#       Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS)
+#
+#       Copyright 1991, the Regents of the University of California,
+#       and the University of Chicago Board of Governors.
+#
+#       This software was produced under  U.S. Government contracts:
+#       (W-7405-ENG-36) at the Los Alamos National Laboratory,
+#       and (W-31-109-ENG-38) at Argonne National Laboratory.
+#
+#       Initial development by:
+#               The Controls and Automation Group (AT-8)
+#               Ground Test Accelerator
+#               Accelerator Technology Division
+#               Los Alamos National Laboratory
+#
+#       Co-developed with
+#               The Controls and Computing Group
+#               Accelerator Systems Division
+#               Advanced Photon Source
+#               Argonne National Laboratory
+#
+#  Modification Log:
+#  -----------------
+#  .01  08-20-91        rac	initial version
 
-    /bin/chmod +x makeSeqVersion makeVersion
+# set execute permission for shell scripts in this directory (this avoids
+# the need to manually maintain a list of file names)
+
+# the name of this file is magic for ~epics/release/sccsGet.  Whenever that
+# that script sees a file named "chmod.sh" it executes the file.
+
+L=""
+for F in `find * \( -type d -prune \) -o -type f -print`; do
+    if [ "`sed -n -e '/^\#\!/p' -e 1q $F`" ]; then
+	L="$L $F"
+    fi
+done
+if [ "$L" ]; then
+    chmod +x $L
+fi