diff --git a/README b/README
index 2f55930..ffa3657 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ This is the README file for the
   PyLauncher
 
 by 
+
   Victor Eijkhout
   eijkhout@tacc.utexas.edu
   
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ Sources
 
 The latest version of the pylauncher is always available from the 
 repository:
-https://bitbucket.org/VictorEijkhout/pylauncher
+https://github.com/TACC/pylauncher
 
 The only required sources for running are pylaucher.py and hostlist.py 
 (if the latter is already installed on your system you don't even need that.)
diff --git a/examples/resume/jobscr_resume b/examples/resume/jobscr_resume
index 3504161..f7b89ff 100644
--- a/examples/resume/jobscr_resume
+++ b/examples/resume/jobscr_resume
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
 #SBATCH -A A-ccsc
 
 module load python
-#PYTHONPATH=..:${PYTHONPATH}  python example_classic_launcher.py
+
 PYTHONPATH=../..:${PYTHONPATH}  python example_resume_launcher.py
diff --git a/examples/resume/jobscr_start b/examples/resume/jobscr_start
index c224380..8a9a262 100644
--- a/examples/resume/jobscr_start
+++ b/examples/resume/jobscr_start
@@ -14,5 +14,12 @@
 #SBATCH -A A-ccsc
 
 module load python
+##
+## first make the commandlines files
+##
+PYTHONPATH=../../:${PYTHONPATH} python ../make_commandlines.py 1000 10 20
+
+##
+## then run the launcher
+##
 PYTHONPATH=../../:${PYTHONPATH}  python example_classic_launcher.py
-#PYTHONPATH=..:${PYTHONPATH}  python example_resume_launcher.py
diff --git a/pylauncher.py b/pylauncher.py
index 105f1f5..c7f647a 100644
--- a/pylauncher.py
+++ b/pylauncher.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 docstring = \
-"""pylauncher.py version 2.5 UNRELEASED
+"""pylauncher.py version 2.6 UNRELEASED
 
 A python based launcher utility for packaging sequential or
 low parallel jobs in one big parallel job
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 changelog = """
 Change log
+2.6
+- better host detection for s2-skx
 2.5
 - incorporates Stampede2, minor other edits
 2.4
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ def NoRandomDir():
         shutil.rmtree(dirname)
     return dirname
 def MakeRandomDir():
-    dirname = NoRandomDir()
+    dirname = RandomDir()
     if not os.path.isdir(dirname): os.mkdir(dirname)
     return dirname
 def RandomFile(base=""):
@@ -1434,6 +1436,14 @@ def ClusterName():
     """Assuming that a node name is along the lines of ``c123-456.cluster.tacc.utexas.edu``
     this returns the second member. Otherwise it returns None.
     """
+    # name detection based on environment variables
+    if "TACC_SYSTEM" in os.environ:
+        system = os.environ["TACC_SYSTEM"]
+        if "TACC_NODE_TYPE" in os.environ:
+            system += "-" + os.environ["TACC_NODE_TYPE"]
+        return system
+
+    # name detection by splitting TACC hostname
     longname = HostName(); namesplit = longname.split(".")
     # case: mic on stampede
     nodesplit = namesplit[0].split("-")
@@ -1486,7 +1496,7 @@ def HostListByName(**kwargs):
         return SLURMHostList(tag=".maverick.tacc.utexas.edu",**kwargs)
     elif cluster=="stampede":
         return SLURMHostList(tag=".stampede.tacc.utexas.edu",**kwargs)
-    elif cluster=="stampede2":
+    elif cluster in ["stampede2","stampede2-skx"]:
         return SLURMHostList(tag=".stampede2.tacc.utexas.edu",**kwargs)
     elif cluster=="mic":
         return HostList( ["localhost" for i in range(60)] )
@@ -3185,7 +3195,7 @@ def testParamJob():
 }
 """)
     os.system("cd %s && mpicc -o %s %s.c" % (testdir,testprog_name,testprog_name))
-    os.system("/bin/rm -rf %s" % Executor.default_workdir)
+    ###??? os.system("/bin/rm -rf %s" % Executor.default_workdir)
     #
     # fn = RandomFile(); ntask = 10
     # with open(fn,"w") as commandfile:
diff --git a/scripts/cluster.py b/scripts/cluster.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b379f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/cluster.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from pylauncher import *
+
+print "Detecting cluster name:",ClusterName()
+
+print "Host list",HostListByName()
+
+pool = DefaultHostPool()
+print "Default pool has %d cores" % len(pool)