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Further to what Nathaniel said, I recommend adding the current directory (".") to RAYPATH. I'm sorry we were never able to reliably set these environment variables for the user when they install OpenStudio on all platforms; we can force Radiance to work properly within OpenStudio, but for reliable operation of your OpenStudio-Radiance install outseide of OpenStudio, I recommend adding the following to your ~/.bash_profile file (Mac and Linux):
PATH=.:/usr/local/radiance/bin:$PATH
RAYPATH=.:/usr/local/radiance/lib
MANPATH=/usr/local/radiance/doc/man/:$MANPATH
export PATH RAYPATH MANPATH
This will: append the current directory and the openstudio radiance install bin directory to your PATH; append current dir and openstudio radiance install lib directory to a sysvar called RAYPATH; and append the manpages location to your existing MANPATH. Having the manpages directory in your environment allows you to simply type e.g. man rcontrib and be reading the docs for rcontrib right in your shell. Pro tip!
