diff --git a/bin/sde-cleanup b/bin/sde-cleanup
index 1632728..aff5486 100755
--- a/bin/sde-cleanup
+++ b/bin/sde-cleanup
@@ -135,47 +135,4 @@ done
 	echo -e "\nUse '$0 -build' to remove builds and '$0 -cache'
 to also flush the cache."
 
-[ "$nocheck" = 1 ] && exit 0
-
-echo -e "\nSearching for lingering temp/backup files (this may take some time) ..."
-
-sderootdirs="scripts/. bin/. etc/. lib/. doc/. src/. package/. architecture/. target/."
-
-# Remove temp/backup files
-#
-$SDEROOT/bin/find $sderootdirs -type f \( -name '*~' -o \
-	-name 'a.out' -o -name 'core.*' -o -name 'core' \) | xargs rm -vf
-
-# Print warnings for 'lingering' files
-# (we have to distinguish between the targets and the rest)
-#
-sderootdirs=${sderootdirs% target/.}
-$SDEROOT/bin/find ${sderootdirs} \(					\
-	\( -name 'DEADJOE' -o -name '*-[xX]' -o -name '.[^.]*'		\
-           -o -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.rej' -o -name '*#*'		\
-           -o -name '*.mine' -o -name '*.r[1-9][0-9]*'			\
-           -o -name TRANS.TBL -o -name '*.cksum-err' -o -name x		\
-	   -o -name '*[.-]old' -o -name a.out -o -name '*~'		\
-	   -o -name '*.incomplete' -o -name '*.ckext-err' \)		\
-	-printf 'WARNING: Found %p\n'					\
-  \) -o \(								\
-	\( ! -type d ! -type f \)					\
-	-printf 'WARNING: Neither a dir nor a regular file: %p\n'	\
-  \)
-
-# for targets we tolerate .files
-$SDEROOT/bin/find target/.						\
-  \(                                                                    \
-        \( -name 'DEADJOE' -o -name '*-[xX]' 				\
-           -o -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.rej' -o -name '*#*'            \
-           -o -name '*.mine' -o -name '*.r[1-9][0-9]*'                  \
-           -o -name TRANS.TBL -o -name '*.cksum-err' -o -name x         \
-           -o -name '*[.-]old' -o -name a.out -o -name '*~'             \
-           -o -name '*.incomplete' -o -name '*.ckext-err' \)            \
-        -printf 'WARNING: Found %p\n'                                   \
-  \) -o \(                                                              \
-        \( ! -type d ! -type f \)                                       \
-        -printf 'WARNING: Neither a dir nor a regular file: %p\n'       \
-  \)
-
-exit 0
+[ "$nocheck" = 1 ] || exec $SDEROOT/bin/sde-clean-linger
diff --git a/bin/sde-cleanup-linger b/bin/sde-cleanup-linger
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5321abf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/sde-cleanup-linger
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# 
+# Filename: bin/sde-cleanup-linger
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2008 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
+# 
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+# 
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+#Description: Removes temp files and search for lingering files
+#Alias: lingering
+
+[ -n "$SDEROOT" ] ||
+	export SDEROOT=$( cd "${0%/*}/.."; pwd -P )
+
+. $SDEROOT/lib/libsde.in
+
+if [ $# -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo "Usage:	sde cleanup linger"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Searching for lingering temp/backup files (this may take some time) ..."
+
+sderootdirs="scripts/. bin/. etc/. lib/. doc/. src/. package/. architecture/. target/."
+
+# Remove temp/backup files
+#
+$SDEROOT/bin/find $sderootdirs -type f \( -name '*~' -o \
+	-name 'a.out' -o -name 'core.*' -o -name 'core' \) | xargs rm -vf
+
+# Print warnings for 'lingering' files
+# (we have to distinguish between the targets and the rest)
+#
+sderootdirs=${sderootdirs% target/.}
+$SDEROOT/bin/find ${sderootdirs} \(					\
+	\( -name 'DEADJOE' -o -name '*-[xX]' -o -name '.[^.]*'		\
+           -o -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.rej' -o -name '*#*'		\
+           -o -name '*.mine' -o -name '*.r[1-9][0-9]*'			\
+           -o -name TRANS.TBL -o -name '*.cksum-err' -o -name x		\
+	   -o -name '*[.-]old' -o -name a.out -o -name '*~'		\
+	   -o -name '*.incomplete' -o -name '*.ckext-err' \)		\
+	-printf 'WARNING: Found %p\n'					\
+  \) -o \(								\
+	\( ! -type d ! -type f \)					\
+	-printf 'WARNING: Neither a dir nor a regular file: %p\n'	\
+  \)
+
+# for targets we tolerate .files
+$SDEROOT/bin/find target/.						\
+  \(                                                                    \
+        \( -name 'DEADJOE' -o -name '*-[xX]' 				\
+           -o -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.rej' -o -name '*#*'            \
+           -o -name '*.mine' -o -name '*.r[1-9][0-9]*'                  \
+           -o -name TRANS.TBL -o -name '*.cksum-err' -o -name x         \
+           -o -name '*[.-]old' -o -name a.out -o -name '*~'             \
+           -o -name '*.incomplete' -o -name '*.ckext-err' \)            \
+        -printf 'WARNING: Found %p\n'                                   \
+  \) -o \(                                                              \
+        \( ! -type d ! -type f \)                                       \
+        -printf 'WARNING: Neither a dir nor a regular file: %p\n'       \
+  \)
+
+exit 0