1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/makecolumns.sh b/src/makecolumns.sh
index 1faa876..e250ec9 100644
--- a/src/makecolumns.sh
+++ b/src/makecolumns.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,29 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-EL=`dirname $0`/../bin/el
+export LANG=C
+export LC_CTYPE=C
+export LC_ALL=C
+
+[ -f /usr/local/bin/el ] && EL=/usr/local/bin/el
+[ -f `dirname $0`/../bin/el ] && EL=`dirname $0`/../bin/el
+
+if [ -z "${EL}" ]; then
+  echo "el not found. Get it at 'cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.erdgeist.org:/home/cvsroot co el'"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 HO=`dirname $0`/../bin/hexout
 
-if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
+if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
   echo "Syntax: $0 [phonebookdirectory]"
   exit 1
 fi
 
 make -f Makefile all
 
+mkdir ../work
+cd ../work
+
 ../bin/decompress $1/streets.tl
 
 cat file_* > streets