1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/install b/install
index 815143f8..09fa0188 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ p_cache=""				# <param> cache directory
 o_iraf=""				# old iraf root directory
 o_imdir=""				# old image directory
 o_cache=""				# old cache directory
+o_fakehome=""           # old fakehome directory?
 
 
 
@@ -202,7 +203,8 @@ while [ -n "$1" ] ; do
         ;;
 
     "-f"|"-fakehome"|"--fakehome")              # set the non-home directory
-    o_fakehome=$2;    shift
+    o_fakehome=$2; shift
+    export FAKEHOME=$o_fakehome
         ;;
     "-C"|"-oldcache"|"--oldcache")              # set old cache directory
 	o_cache=$2 ; shift