diff --git a/etc/tools/ParaViewFunctions b/etc/tools/ParaViewFunctions
index ff6f1283..21fe264e 100644
--- a/etc/tools/ParaViewFunctions
+++ b/etc/tools/ParaViewFunctions
@@ -172,14 +172,12 @@ checkVersion()
 #
 addCMakeVariable()
 {
-    while [ -n "$1" ]
+    for var in $*
     do
-        CMAKE_VARIABLES="$CMAKE_VARIABLES -D$1"
-        shift
+	CMAKE_VARIABLES="$CMAKE_VARIABLES -D$var"
     done
 }
 
-
 #
 # Verbose makefiles
 #