1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/xtract b/xtract
index ae44929..50e6eb9 100755
--- a/xtract
+++ b/xtract
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 PATH=/bin:/usr/bin
 export PATH
-compiled=$0.`uname -s | sed -e 's/_NT-.*$/_NT/; s/^MINGW[0-9]*/CYGWIN/'`
+osname=`uname -s | sed -e 's/_NT-.*$/_NT/; s/^MINGW[0-9]*/CYGWIN/'`
+compiled=$0."$osname"
 if [ -x "$compiled" ]
 then
-    exec "$compiled" "$@"
+  exec "$compiled" "$@"
 else
-    exec $0.pl -fallback "$@"
+  echo ""
+  echo "Unable to locate xtract executable. Please execute the following:"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  ftp-cp ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov /entrez/entrezdirect xtract.$osname.gz"
+  echo "  gunzip -f xtract.$osname.gz"
+  echo "  chmod +x xtract.$osname"
+  echo ""
 fi