Index: Makefile
==================================================================
--- Makefile
+++ Makefile
@@ -84,11 +84,23 @@
 
 $(PREFIX)/bin/newdashboard : $(PREFIX)/bin/.$(ARCHSTR)/ndboard
 	utils/mk_wrapper $(PREFIX) ndboard $(PREFIX)/bin/newdashboard
 	chmod a+x $(PREFIX)/bin/newdashboard
 
-$(HELPERS) : utils/mt_* 
+# $(HELPERS) : utils/%
+# 	$(INSTALL) $< $@
+# 	chmod a+x $@
+
+$(PREFIX)/bin/mt_laststep : utils/mt_laststep
+	$(INSTALL) $< $@
+	chmod a+x $@
+
+$(PREFIX)/bin/mt_runstep : utils/mt_runstep
+	$(INSTALL) $< $@
+	chmod a+x $@
+
+$(PREFIX)/bin/mt_ezstep : utils/mt_ezstep
 	$(INSTALL) $< $@
 	chmod a+x $@
 
 $(PREFIX)/bin/mt_xterm : utils/mt_xterm
 	$(INSTALL) $< $@

Index: utils/mt_ezstep
==================================================================
--- utils/mt_ezstep
+++ utils/mt_ezstep
@@ -34,14 +34,15 @@
 
 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

Index: utils/mt_laststep
==================================================================
--- utils/mt_laststep
+++ utils/mt_laststep
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@
 # mt_runstep copy_files cp $frompath $topath
 #
 # Use a copy_files.logpro file like this:
 # (expect:error in "LogFileBody" = 0 "Any err/error/warn/warning" #/(err|warn)/)
 # 
-stepname=$1;shift
+stepname=$1;shifttepname"
 
+echo "stepname=$s
 # Theoretically could call megatest directly like the following line but
 # we'll do each individual step so folks can see what is going on.
 #
 # $MT_MEGATEST -runstep $stepname -logpro ${stepname}.logpro "$*" || exit $?