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I originally posted an insufficiently documented problem which
involved the use of the 'require function in emacs scripts invoked
from the shell via "emacs -batch". Thanks to suggestions from Julian
Cowley (cs211s14@uhcc.hawaii.edu), I have narrowed the problem down to
differences in the way that the 'load-path variable is initialized.

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  The Real         The 'load-path variable gets a different value when
  Problem          emacs is invoked interactively than it does when emacs
                   is invoked from the shell with "emacs -batch".
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  Environment            o  UNIX System V Release 3.1
                         o  GNU emacs version 18.52.3
                         o  System V Bourne Shell
                         o  .emacs file does not exist
                         o  EMACSLOADPATH variable is not set
                         o  /usr/local/emacs/lisp/default.el sets up
                            the load-path (see below).
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  Excerpt From     (setq load-path (append load-path (list
  default.el	      "/usr/local/emacs/local" (expand-file-name "~/emacs"))))
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  Scratch Buffer    emacs-version
  Session              "18.52.3"
                    load-path
                       ("/usr/local/emacs/lisp" "/usr/local/emacs/local" 
                                             "/usr/staff/cheung/emacs")
                    inhibit-default-init
                       nil
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  Shell Command    $ echo '(print load-path)' > test.el 
  Lines            $ emacs -batch -l test.el
                    ("/usr/staff/cheung/ /usr/local/emacs/lisp")
                   $ echo '(print inhibit-default-init)' >> test.el 
                   $ emacs -batch -l test.el
                    ("/usr/staff/cheung/ /usr/local/emacs/lisp")
                    nil
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  The Questions    o How does "emacs -batch" go about initializing the
                       'load-path variable, and why is it (apparently)
                       different from an interactive session with emacs??
                   o Is there an easy way to change the above intializa-
                       tion for all users of emacs??
                   o Is there a better work-around for this problem than
                       HARDCODING load-paths into emacs scripts that are
                       intended to be run with -batch??
                   o Is "emacs -batch" supposed to avoid loading the
                       default library /usr/local/emacs/lisp/default.el
                       ??
                   o Is this a bug, or a feature??
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                   Any and all help is greatly appreciated,

                                   -- Bryan
                                      (BRYAN.C@TRNGW.Prime.COM)
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