diff --git a/env-gcc-4.9.sh b/env-gcc-4.9.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Look for GCC-4.9
+x=`which gcc-4.9 2>/dev/null`
+if [ -n "$x" ]; then
+    gdir=`dirname $x`
+elif [ -f "/usr/gcc-4.9/bin/gcc" ]; then
+    gdir="/usr/gcc-4.9/bin"
+else
+    echo Cannot find GCC 4.9
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo GCC is in $gdir
+
+export CC="$gdir/gcc"
+export CPP="$gdir/cpp"
+export CXX="$gdir/g++"
+
+echo Starting subshell. Type exit to exit.
+
+$SHELL
+