Switch from "==" bashism to POSIX Compliant "="
string comparison
Rework buildepoch.sh to use printf rather than echo
Merge pull request #11 from torstehu/master

Merge changes to make buildepoch.sh more portable.
Fix a couple bugs in the display of the 'epoch status' command.
Fix exhausted coding bugs with STOPTIMEOUT and PID waiting.
Cosmetic addendum to last commit.
Merge for 1.0.1 bugfix release
Merge branch 'master' into 1.0
Update version information for 1.0.1