diff --git a/scripts/clean_hcfiles.sh b/scripts/clean_hcfiles.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9c7f9e3f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/clean_hcfiles.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#  clean_hcfiles.sh
+#
+#  Script to clean Medley directory after running do_hcfiles.sh.
+#  Removes pdf files and index.html files created by do_hcfiles.sh.
+#
+#  Caution: uses git clean - so it will delete any untracked files in
+#  the Medley directory tree.
+#
+#  FGH 2024-07-15
+#
+#  Copyright 2024 Interlisp.org
+#
+
+main() {
+
+    MEDLEYDIR=$(cd "${SCRIPTDIR}/.." && pwd)
+    export MEDLEYDIR
+    cd "${MEDLEYDIR}" || exit
+
+    shellfile=/tmp/checkgit-$$.sh
+
+    cat >"${shellfile}" <<-'EOF'
+	#!/bin/sh
+	git status --porcelain "$1" | grep --quiet --no-messages "??"
+	if [ $? -eq 0 ]
+	then
+	rm -f "$1"
+	rm -f "$1".~*~
+	fi
+	EOF
+
+    chmod +x "${shellfile}"
+
+    find . -iname index.html -exec "${shellfile}" {} \;
+    find . -iname \*.pdf -exec "${shellfile}" {} \;
+
+    rm -f "${shellfile}"
+
+}
+
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2164,SC2034
+if [ -z "${SCRIPTDIR}" ]
+then
+	#
+	#
+	# Some functions to determine what directory this script is being executed from
+	#
+	#
+	get_abs_filename() {
+	  # $1 : relative filename
+	  echo "$(cd "$(dirname "$1")" && pwd)/$(basename "$1")"
+	}
+
+	# This function taken from
+	# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29832037/how-to-get-script-directory-in-posix-sh
+	rreadlink() (
+
+	  # Execute this function in a *subshell* to localize variables and the effect of `cd`.
+
+	  target=$1
+	  fname=
+	  targetDir=
+	  CDPATH=
+
+	  # Try to make the execution environment as predictable as possible:
+	  # All commands below are invoked via `command`, so we must make sure that `command`
+	  # itself is not redefined as an alias or shell function.
+	  # (Note that command is too inconsistent across shells, so we don't use it.)
+	  # `command` is a *builtin* in bash, dash, ksh, zsh, and some platforms do not even have
+	  # an external utility version of it (e.g, Ubuntu).
+	  # `command` bypasses aliases and shell functions and also finds builtins 
+	  # in bash, dash, and ksh. In zsh, option POSIX_BUILTINS must be turned on for that
+	  # to happen.
+	  { \unalias command; \unset -f command; } >/dev/null 2>&1
+	  [ -n "$ZSH_VERSION" ] && options[POSIX_BUILTINS]=on # make zsh find *builtins* with `command` too.
+
+	  while :; do # Resolve potential symlinks until the ultimate target is found.
+	      [ -L "$target" ] || [ -e "$target" ] || { command printf '%s\n' "ERROR: '$target' does not exist." >&2; return 1; }
+	      command cd "$(command dirname -- "$target")" # Change to target dir; necessary for correct resolution of target path.
+	      fname=$(command basename -- "$target") # Extract filename.
+	      [ "$fname" = '/' ] && fname='' # !! curiously, `basename /` returns '/'
+	      if [ -L "$fname" ]; then
+	        # Extract [next] target path, which may be defined
+	        # *relative* to the symlink's own directory.
+	        # Note: We parse `ls -l` output to find the symlink target
+	        #       which is the only POSIX-compliant, albeit somewhat fragile, way.
+	        target=$(command ls -l "$fname")
+	        target=${target#* -> }
+	        continue # Resolve [next] symlink target.
+	      fi
+	      break # Ultimate target reached.
+	  done
+	  targetDir=$(command pwd -P) # Get canonical dir. path
+	  # Output the ultimate target's canonical path.
+	  # Note that we manually resolve paths ending in /. and /.. to make sure we have a normalized path.
+	  if [ "$fname" = '.' ]; then
+	    command printf '%s\n' "${targetDir%/}"
+	  elif  [ "$fname" = '..' ]; then
+	    # Caveat: something like /var/.. will resolve to /private (assuming /var@ -> /private/var), i.e. the '..' is applied
+	    # AFTER canonicalization.
+	    command printf '%s\n' "$(command dirname -- "${targetDir}")"
+	  else
+	    command printf '%s\n' "${targetDir%/}/$fname"
+	  fi
+	)
+
+	get_script_dir() {
+
+	    # call this with $0 (from main script) as its (only) parameter
+	    # if you need to preserve cwd, run this is a subshell since
+	    # it can change cwd
+
+	    # set -x
+
+	    local_SCRIPT_PATH="$( get_abs_filename "$1" )";
+
+	    while [ -h "$local_SCRIPT_PATH" ];
+	    do
+	        cd "$( dirname -- "$local_SCRIPT_PATH"; )";
+	        local_SCRIPT_PATH="$( rreadlink "$local_SCRIPT_PATH" )";
+	    done
+
+	    cd "$( dirname -- "$local_SCRIPT_PATH"; )" > '/dev/null';
+	    local_SCRIPT_PATH="$( pwd; )";
+
+	    # set +x
+
+	    echo "${local_SCRIPT_PATH}"
+	}
+
+	# end of script directory functions
+	###############################################################################
+
+        # figure out the script dir
+        SCRIPTDIR="$(get_script_dir "$0")"
+	export SCRIPTDIR
+
+fi
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/do_hcfiles.sh b/scripts/do_hcfiles.sh
index 6f0745805..83a995a02 100755
--- a/scripts/do_hcfiles.sh
+++ b/scripts/do_hcfiles.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+#
+#  do_hcfiles.sh
+#
+#  Script to run HCFILES in Medley to create PDFs of Medley files as well as
+#  index.html files so that the Medley directory tree plus the generated PDFs can be
+#  stored on and accessed from a web server
+#
+#  FGH 2024-07-15
+#
+#  Copyright 2024 Interlisp.org
+#
 
 main() {
         MEDLEYDIR=$(cd "${SCRIPTDIR}/.." && pwd)
@@ -7,7 +18,7 @@ main() {
         mkdir -p "${logindir}"
         cmfile=${logindir}/hcfiles.cm
 
-	cat >"${cmfile}" <<-"EOF"
+	cat >"${cmfile}" <<-EOF
 	"
 
 	(PROGN
@@ -27,7 +38,6 @@ main() {
 	"
 	EOF
 
-
         /bin/sh "${MEDLEYDIR}/scripts/medley/medley.command"     \
              --config -                                          \
              --id hcfiles_+                                      \
@@ -37,6 +47,14 @@ main() {
              --greet "${cmfile}"                                 \
              --apps
 
+        # save dribble file to loadups; extract and save fails
+        "${MEDLEYDIR}"/scripts/cpv ${logindir}/HCFILES.DRIBBLE "${MEDLEYDIR}"/loadups/hcfiles.dribble
+        grep "IL:FAIL" < "${MEDLEYDIR}"/loadups/hcfiles.dribble > ${logindir}/fails
+        "${MEDLEYDIR}"/scripts/cpv ${logindir}/fails "${MEDLEYDIR}"/loadups/hcfiles-fails.txt
+
+        # cleanup
+        rm -rf "${logindir}"
+
 }
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2164,SC2034