diff -rc elasticsearch-0.20.5/bin/elasticsearch elasticsearch-0.20.5-new/bin/elasticsearch
*** elasticsearch-0.20.5/bin/elasticsearch	2013-03-07 12:16:31.152494626 +0100
--- elasticsearch-0.20.5-new/bin/elasticsearch	2013-03-07 12:24:41.076081272 +0100
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  done
  
  # determine elasticsearch home
! ES_HOME=`dirname "$SCRIPT"`/..
  
  # make ELASTICSEARCH_HOME absolute
  ES_HOME=`cd "$ES_HOME"; pwd`
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  done
  
  # determine elasticsearch home
! ES_HOME=${ES_HOME:=`dirname "$SCRIPT"`/..}
  
  # make ELASTICSEARCH_HOME absolute
  ES_HOME=`cd "$ES_HOME"; pwd`