@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 usage="mt_ezstep stepname prevstepname command [args ...]"
 
-if [ "$MT_CMDINFO" == "" ];then
-  if [ -e megatest.sh ];then
+if [[ "$MT_CMDINFO" == "" ]];then
+  if [[ -e megatest.sh ]];then
     source megatest.sh
   else
     echo "ERROR: $0 should be run within a megatest test environment"
     echo "Usage: $usage"
     exit
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 #   DO NOT USE IN YOUR SCRIPTS!
 #
 # Call like this:
 # mt_ezstep stepname prevstepname command ....
 # 
-if [ "x$1" == "x" ];then
+if [[ "x$1" == "x" ]];then
   echo "Usage: $usage"
   exit
 fi
 
 # Since the user may not have . on the path and since we are likely to want to 
@@ -34,19 +34,20 @@
 
 allstatus=99
 runstatus=99
 logpropstatus=99
 
-prev_env=.ezsteps/${prevstepname}.sh
-if [ -e $prev_env ];then
-    source $prev_env
-fi
+# prev_env=".ezsteps/${prevstepname}.sh"
+# echo "prev_env=$prev_env"
+# if [[ -e "${prev_env}" ]];then
+#     source $prev_env
+# fi
 
 # source the environment from the previous step if it exists
 
 # if a logpro file exists then use it otherwise just run the command, nb// was using 2>&1
-if [ -e ${stepname}.logpro ];then
+if [[ -e ${stepname}.logpro ]];then
    # could do:
    $command 2>&1| tee ${stepname}.log | logpro ${stepname}.logpro ${stepname}.html &> /dev/null
    logprostatus=$?
    # $command 2>&1| logpro ${stepname}.logpro ${stepname}.html &> ${stepname}.log 
    # allstatus=(${PIPESTATUS[0]} ${PIPESTATUS[1]}) 
@@ -60,19 +61,19 @@
 fi
 
 # If the test exits with non-zero, we will record FAIL even if logpro
 # says it is a PASS
 
-if [ $runstatus -ne 0 ]; then
+if [[ $runstatus -ne 0 ]]; then
     exitstatus=$runstatus
-elif [ $logprostatus -eq 0 ]; then
+elif [[ $logprostatus -eq 0 ]]; then
     exitstatus=$logprostatus
-elif [ $logprostatus -eq 2 ]; then
+elif [[ $logprostatus -eq 2 ]]; then
     exitstatus=2
-elif [ $logprostatus -eq 1 ]; then
+elif [[ $logprostatus -eq 1 ]]; then
     exitstatus=1
 else 
     exitstatus=0
 fi
 
 # $MT_MEGATEST -env2file .ezsteps/${stepname}
 exit $exitstatus