diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/top/config/makeNfsCommands.pl b/src/makeBaseApp/top/config/makeNfsCommands.pl
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index 000000000..e52b0f108
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+++ b/src/makeBaseApp/top/config/makeNfsCommands.pl
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+eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'  # -*- Mode: perl -*-
+    if $running_under_some_shell; # makeNfsCommands.pl
+
+use Cwd;
+
+$cwd  = cwd();
+
+unlink("nfs.cmd");
+open(INP,"<nfsCommands") and open(OUT,">nfs.cmd")
+    or die "$! Copying nfsCommands to nfs.cmd";
+while (<INP>) {
+    print OUT $_;
+}
+print OUT "cd \"$cwd\"\n";
+close INP; close OUT;