diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+QtC-
+bin/
+lib/
+doc/
+include/
+db/
+dbd/
+documentation/html
+documentation/*.tag
+envPaths
+configure/*.local
+!configure/ExampleRELEASE.local
+**/O.*
diff --git a/configure/ExampleRELEASE.local b/configure/ExampleRELEASE.local
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+EPICS_BASE=/home/install/epics/base
+
+EPICS4_DIR=/home/epicsv4
+PVCOMMON=${EPICS4_DIR}/pvCommonCPP
+PVDATA=${EPICS4_DIR}/pvDataCPP
+
+