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diff --git a/test/h5test.c b/test/h5test.c
index 8044bed..544ff0b 100644
--- a/test/h5test.c
+++ b/test/h5test.c
@@ -301,9 +301,7 @@ h5_fixname(const char *base_name, hid_t fapl, char *fullname, size_t size)
*/
static int explained = 0;
- prefix = (paraprefix ? paraprefix : getenv("HDF5_PARAPREFIX"));
-/* prefix = (paraprefix ? paraprefix : getenv_all(MPI_COMM_WORLD, 0, "HDF5_PARAPREFIX")); */
-
+ prefix = (paraprefix ? paraprefix : getenv_all(MPI_COMM_WORLD, 0, "HDF5_PARAPREFIX"));
if (!prefix && !explained) {
/* print hint by process 0 once. */
@@ -858,10 +856,13 @@ int h5_szip_can_encode(void )
* val is the string to which the value of that environment
* variable will be copied.
*
- * Return: No failure.
- * If an env variable doesn't exist, it is set to NULL.
- * This function will allocate space for the variable, and it
- * is up to the calling function to free that memory.
+ * NOTE: The pointer returned by this function is only
+ * valid until the next call to getenv_all and the data
+ * stored there must be copied somewhere else before any
+ * further calls to getenv_all take place.
+ *
+ * Return: pointer to a string containing the value of the environment variable
+ * NULL if the varialbe doesn't exist in task 'root's environment.
*
* Programmer: Leon Arber
* 4/4/05
@@ -908,7 +909,6 @@ char* getenv_all(MPI_Comm comm, int root, const char* name)
else if(strlen(env) < len)
env = (char*) HDrealloc(env, len+1);
- HDmemset(env, 0, len);
MPI_Bcast(env, len, MPI_CHAR, root, comm);
env[len+1] = '\0';
}