Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/ControllerOps.c
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--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/ControllerOps.c	(revision 4452)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/ControllerOps.c	(revision 4552)
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 # define CONNECT_TIMEOUT 300
 
-int status = FALSE;
-int stdin_cntl, stdout_cntl, stderr_cntl;
+static int status = FALSE;
+static int stdin_cntl, stdout_cntl, stderr_cntl;
+
+int CheckControllerStatus () {
+  return (status);
+}
 
 int CheckControllerJob (Job *job) {