diff -rupN a/bin/elasticsearch b/bin/elasticsearch --- a/bin/elasticsearch 2015-11-18 21:48:18.000000000 +0100 +++ b/bin/elasticsearch 2015-12-04 00:52:21.032475098 +0100 @@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ while [ -h "$SCRIPT" ] ; do done # determine elasticsearch home -ES_HOME=`dirname "$SCRIPT"`/.. + +if [ -z "$ES_HOME" ]; then + echo "You must set the ES_HOME var" >&2 + exit 1 +fi # make ELASTICSEARCH_HOME absolute ES_HOME=`cd "$ES_HOME"; pwd` diff -rupN a/bin/plugin b/bin/plugin --- a/bin/plugin 2015-11-18 21:48:18.000000000 +0100 +++ b/bin/plugin 2015-12-04 00:52:55.947453619 +0100 @@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ while [ -h "$SCRIPT" ] ; do done # determine elasticsearch home -ES_HOME=`dirname "$SCRIPT"`/.. +if [ -z "$ES_HOME" ]; then + echo "You must set the ES_HOME var" >&2 + exit 1 +fi # make ELASTICSEARCH_HOME absolute ES_HOME=`cd "$ES_HOME"; pwd`