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#  delete old speclist
#
 if ( $matchName eq "speclist.txt" )  {
      if (-e "$local_taxonomy_directory/speclist.txt")  { # does the speclist file exist
            unlink("$local_taxonomy_directory/speclist.txt")   #delete it
        } else {
           &lastWords("Failed to delete original speclist");
        }
   }
#