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diff --git a/src/helper/command.c b/src/helper/command.c
index 3625508f..be262f2e 100644
--- a/src/helper/command.c
+++ b/src/helper/command.c
@@ -167,14 +167,18 @@ static const char **script_command_args_alloc(
return words;
}
-static struct command_context *current_command_context(Jim_Interp *interp)
+struct command_context *current_command_context(Jim_Interp *interp)
{
/* grab the command context from the associated data */
struct command_context *cmd_ctx = Jim_GetAssocData(interp, "context");
if (NULL == cmd_ctx)
{
/* Tcl can invoke commands directly instead of via command_run_line(). This would
- * happen when the Jim Tcl interpreter is provided by eCos.
+ * happen when the Jim Tcl interpreter is provided by eCos or if we are running
+ * commands in a startup script.
+ *
+ * A telnet or gdb server would provide a non-default command context to
+ * handle piping of error output, have a separate current target, etc.
*/
cmd_ctx = global_cmd_ctx;
}