Can not get/set current shot over thick client with default_tree_path

[joshStillerman]

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When default_tree_path specifies a thick client, and that client also uses default_tree_path, you can not from the remote machine either get or set the current shot of the tree:

on the computer marte2:

jas@marte2:/trees/models/bagel$ echo $default_tree_path 
alcdaq6::
jas@marte2:/trees/models/bagel$ mdstcl
TCL> set tree sparc
TCL> dir

\SPARC::TOP

  BAGEL       

Total of 1 node.
TCL> show db
000  SPARC         shot: -1 [\SPARC::TOP]   

TCL> sho current sparc
Failed to get shotid.

on alcdaq6

[jas@alcdaq6 sparc]$ echo $default_tree_path 
/cmod/trees/test/~t/;/cmod/trees/new/~t/;/cmod/trees/models/~t/;alcdata-archives::/cmod/trees/archives/~i~h/~g~f/~e~d/~t;/cmod/trees/saved/~t/
[jas@alcdaq6 sparc]$ mdstcl
TCL> sho current sparc
Current shot is 211109100
TCL> set current sparc /inc
TCL> sho current sparc
Current shot is 211109101
TCL> set tree sparc
cTCL> create pulse 0
set tree sparc /shot=0 
dir
TCL> set tree sparc /shot=0
TCL> dir

\SPARC::TOP

  BAGEL       

Total of 1 node.
TCL> 

I have not investigated if this is a general thick client problem or related the either of the 'default_tree_path' definitions.