diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.in b/scripts/Makefile.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e76e8d0782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.in
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+SHELL=/bin/sh
+top_srcdir=@top_srcdir@
+RM=$(top_srcdir)/devscripts/rm_if
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+INSTALL=@top_srcdir@/conf/install-sh -c
+
+SCRIPTS = \
+	@MAKEBINDIR@unix_submit \
+	@MAKEBINDIR@synchronize_unix
+
+all : @MAKEBINDIR@ \
+	$(SCRIPTS)
+
+clean :
+	@ $(RM) $(SCRIPTS)
+
+install:
+	for script in $(SCRIPTS) ; do\
+	  $(INSTALL) -m 755 $${script} @bindir@;\
+	done
+
+@MAKEBINDIR@unix_submit : unix_submit
+	cp unix_submit @MAKEBINDIR@unix_submit
+
+@MAKEBINDIR@synchronize_unix : synchronize_unix
+	cp synchronize_unix @MAKEBINDIR@sychronize_unix
+
+@MAKEBINDIR@ :
+	mkdir @MAKEBINDIR@
diff --git a/scripts/synchronize_unix b/scripts/synchronize_unix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b52677d56c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/synchronize_unix
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+if [ "x$MDS_LOGS" = "x" ]; then
+    MDS_LOGS="/var/log/mdsplus";
+fi
+if [ -d $MDS_LOGS -a -w $MDS_LOGS ]; then 
+  FILE=`basename $1 ".sh"`
+  LOCKFILE="$MDS_LOGS/$FILE.$2.log.lock"
+  lockfile -1 $LOCKFILE
+  rm -f $LOCKFILE
+else
+  echo "Directory MDS_LOGS ($MDS_LOGS) must exist and be writeable"
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/unix_submit b/scripts/unix_submit
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6435fd198c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/unix_submit
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# file: /usr/local/mdsplus/bin/unix_submit.sh
+#
+# shell script to spawn a batch job for automatic intershot analysis.
+#
+# called by unix_submit.fun
+#
+# procedure:
+#  build a log file name from the base file name 
+#    (logs go to /var/mdsplus/log)
+#  insert a status line for this shot
+#  invoke the job with the shot number as $1 redirecting stdout and err
+#    to the end of the log file
+#  insert a done status line for this shot
+
+FILE=`basename $1 ".sh"`
+if [ "x$MDS_LOGS" = "x" ]; then
+    MDS_LOGS="/var/log/mdsplus";
+fi
+if [ -d "$MDS_LOGS" -a -w "$MDS_LOGS" ]; then 
+    LOG="$MDS_LOGS/$FILE.$2.log"
+    CUMULATIVE_LOG="$MDS_LOGS/$FILE.log"
+    lockfile "$LOG.lock"
+    echo ">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   $2  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>" >> $LOG
+    date >> $LOG
+    /usr/bin/time -a -f "Elapsed %E\tUser %U\tSystem %S"  -o $LOG $1 $2 >>$LOG 2>&1
+    echo "<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<   $2  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<" >> $LOG
+    echo " " > $LOG
+    cat $LOG >> $CUMULATIVE_LOG
+    rm -f $LOG
+    rm -f "$LOG.lock"
+else
+  echo "Directory MDS_LOGS ($MDS_LOGS) must exist and be writeable"
+fi