diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/LibC.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/LibC.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17a15cd94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/LibC.java
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, The Broad Institute
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
+ * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
+ * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+ * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+ * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
+ * conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+ * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
+ * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+ * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+ * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+ * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+ * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package org.broadinstitute.sting.jna.clibrary;
+
+import com.sun.jna.*;
+
+/**
+ * Sparse port of the Standard C Library libc -lc.
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class LibC {
+
+    static {
+        Native.register("c");
+    }
+
+    /** Operation not permitted */
+    public static final int EPERM = 1;
+
+    /** No such file or directory */
+    public static final int ENOENT = 2;
+
+    /** No such process */
+    public static final int ESRCH = 3;
+
+    /** Interrupted system call */
+    public static final int EINTR = 4;
+
+    /** I/O error */
+    public static final int EIO = 5;
+
+    /** No such device or address */
+    public static final int ENXIO = 6;
+
+    /** Argument list too long */
+    public static final int E2BIG = 7;
+
+    /** Exec format error */
+    public static final int ENOEXEC = 8;
+
+    /** Bad file number */
+    public static final int EBADF = 9;
+
+    /** No child processes */
+    public static final int ECHILD = 10;
+
+    /** Try again */
+    public static final int EAGAIN = 11;
+
+    /** Out of memory */
+    public static final int ENOMEM = 12;
+
+    /** Permission denied */
+    public static final int EACCES = 13;
+
+    /** Bad address */
+    public static final int EFAULT = 14;
+
+    /** Block device required */
+    public static final int ENOTBLK = 15;
+
+    /** Device or resource busy */
+    public static final int EBUSY = 16;
+
+    /** File exists */
+    public static final int EEXIST = 17;
+
+    /** Cross-device link */
+    public static final int EXDEV = 18;
+
+    /** No such device */
+    public static final int ENODEV = 19;
+
+    /** Not a directory */
+    public static final int ENOTDIR = 20;
+
+    /** Is a directory */
+    public static final int EISDIR = 21;
+
+    /** Invalid argument */
+    public static final int EINVAL = 22;
+
+    /** File table overflow */
+    public static final int ENFILE = 23;
+
+    /** Too many open files */
+    public static final int EMFILE = 24;
+
+    /** Not a typewriter */
+    public static final int ENOTTY = 25;
+
+    /** Text file busy */
+    public static final int ETXTBSY = 26;
+
+    /** File too large */
+    public static final int EFBIG = 27;
+
+    /** No space left on device */
+    public static final int ENOSPC = 28;
+
+    /** Illegal seek */
+    public static final int ESPIPE = 29;
+
+    /** Read-only file system */
+    public static final int EROFS = 30;
+
+    /** Too many links */
+    public static final int EMLINK = 31;
+
+    /** Broken pipe */
+    public static final int EPIPE = 32;
+
+    /** Math argument out of domain of func */
+    public static final int EDOM = 33;
+
+    /** Math result not representable */
+    public static final int ERANGE = 34;
+
+    /**
+     * Inserts or resets the environment variable name in the current environment list.  If the variable name does not exist
+     * in the list, it is inserted with the given value.  If the variable does exist, the argument overwrite is tested; if overwrite is zero, the
+     * variable is not reset, otherwise it is reset to the given value.
+     * @param name the environment variable name
+     * @param value the given value
+     * @param overwrite if overwrite is zero, the variable is not reset, otherwise it is reset to the given value
+     * @return the value 0 if successful; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.
+     * @throws LastErrorException [ENOMEM] The function failed because it was unable to allocate memory for the environment.
+     */
+    public static native int setenv(String name, String value, int overwrite) throws LastErrorException;
+
+    /**
+     * Obtains the current value of the environment variable, name.
+     * @param name the environment variable name
+     * @return the value of the environment variable as a NUL-terminated string.  If the variable name is not in the current environment, NULL is returned.
+     */
+    public static native String getenv(String name);
+
+    /**
+     * The unsetenv() function deletes all instances of the variable name pointed to by name from the list.  Note that only the variable name
+     * (e.g., "NAME") should be given; "NAME=value" will not work.
+     * @param name the environment variable name
+     * @return the value 0 if successful; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.
+     * @throws LastErrorException The function failed.
+     */
+    public static native int unsetenv(String name) throws LastErrorException;
+
+    public static class timeval extends Structure {
+        public static class ByReference extends timeval implements Structure.ByReference {
+        }
+
+        public static class ByValue extends timeval implements Structure.ByValue {
+        }
+
+        public NativeLong tv_sec;
+        public NativeLong tv_usec;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/Time.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/Time.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 004a960a3..000000000
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/Time.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2010, The Broad Institute
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
- * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
- * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
- * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
- * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
- * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
- * conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
- * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
- * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
- * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
- * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
- * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
- * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
- * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
- * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-package org.broadinstitute.sting.jna.clibrary;
-
-import com.sun.jna.NativeLong;
-import com.sun.jna.Structure;
-
-/**
- * Sparse JNA port of time.h
- */
-@SuppressWarnings("unused")
-public class Time {
-    public static class timeval extends Structure {
-        public static class ByReference extends timeval implements Structure.ByReference {
-        }
-
-        public static class ByValue extends timeval implements Structure.ByValue {
-        }
-
-        public NativeLong tv_sec;
-        public NativeLong tv_usec;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/lsf/v7_0_6/LibBat.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/lsf/v7_0_6/LibBat.java
index 1c1f66260..63aa35aa1 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/lsf/v7_0_6/LibBat.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/lsf/v7_0_6/LibBat.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ package org.broadinstitute.sting.jna.lsf.v7_0_6;
 import com.sun.jna.*;
 import com.sun.jna.ptr.*;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.jna.clibrary.JNAUtils;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.jna.clibrary.LibC;
 
 /**
  * JNA wrappers for LSF's lsbatch.h and -lbat
@@ -59,6 +60,9 @@ public class LibBat {
             NativeLibrary.addSearchPath("bat", lsfLibDir);
         }
         NativeLibrary.getInstance("lsf");
+        // via Platform LSF Configuration Reference, by default quiet the BSUB output.
+        if ("Y".equals(System.getProperty("BSUB_QUIET", "Y")))
+            LibC.setenv("BSUB_QUIET", "Y", 1);
         Native.register("bat");
     }
 
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/lsf/v7_0_6/LibLsf.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/lsf/v7_0_6/LibLsf.java
index 8b1f30ed8..78148c6af 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/lsf/v7_0_6/LibLsf.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/lsf/v7_0_6/LibLsf.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import com.sun.jna.ptr.FloatByReference;
 import com.sun.jna.ptr.IntByReference;
 import com.sun.jna.ptr.PointerByReference;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.jna.clibrary.JNAUtils;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.jna.clibrary.Time.*;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.jna.clibrary.LibC.*;
 
 /**
  * JNA wrappers for LSF's lsf.h and -llsf
diff --git a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/JNAUtilsUnitTest.java b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/LibCUnitTest.java
similarity index 72%
rename from java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/JNAUtilsUnitTest.java
rename to java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/LibCUnitTest.java
index 694a411fa..1d88dd6af 100644
--- a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/JNAUtilsUnitTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/LibCUnitTest.java
@@ -24,22 +24,20 @@
 
 package org.broadinstitute.sting.jna.clibrary;
 
-import com.sun.jna.Library;
-import com.sun.jna.Native;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.BaseTest;
 import org.testng.Assert;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
-public class JNAUtilsUnitTest extends BaseTest {
-
-    public interface CLib extends Library {
-        public CLib INSTANCE = (CLib) Native.loadLibrary("c", CLib.class);
-        public int atol(String str);
-    }
+public class LibCUnitTest extends BaseTest {
 
     @Test
-    public void testCLibJna() {
-        int result = CLib.INSTANCE.atol("10");
-        Assert.assertEquals(result, 10);
+    public void testEnvironment() {
+        String testProperty = "test_property";
+        String testValue = "value";
+        Assert.assertEquals(LibC.getenv(testProperty), null);
+        Assert.assertEquals(LibC.setenv(testProperty, testValue, 1), 0);
+        Assert.assertEquals(LibC.getenv(testProperty), testValue);
+        Assert.assertEquals(LibC.unsetenv(testProperty), 0);
+        Assert.assertEquals(LibC.getenv(testProperty), null);
     }
 }