fi
# prevent permission foul-ups.
- chown -R "$(logname):$(logname)" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK" "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE"
+#hmmm: save error output here instead of muting it.
+#hmmm: better yet actually, just don't complain on freaking cygwin, since that's where this happens
+ chown -R "$(logname):$(logname)" \
+ "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK"/* "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE"/* 2>/dev/null
+ test_or_continue "chowning to $(logname) didn't happen."
regenerate >/dev/null
pushd "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom" &>/dev/null
##############
+ # given a filename and a string to seek and a number of lines, then this
+ # function will remove the first occurrence of a line in the file that
+ # matches the string, and it will also axe the next N lines as specified.
+ function create_chomped_copy_of_file()
+ {
+ local filename="$1"; shift
+ local seeker="$1"; shift
+ local numlines=$1; shift
+
+#echo into create_chomped_copy...
+#var filename seeker numlines
+
+ # make a backup first, oy.
+ \cp -f "$filename" "/tmp/$(basename ${filename}).bkup-${RANDOM}"
+ test_or_die "backing up file: $filename"
+
+ # make a temp file to write to before we move file into place in bind.
+ local new_version="/tmp/$(basename ${filename}).bkup-${RANDOM}"
+ \rm -f "$new_version"
+ test_or_die "cleaning out new version of file from: $new_version"
+
+ local line
+ local skip_count=0
+ local found_any=
+ while read line; do
+ # don't bother looking at the lines if we're already in skip mode.
+ if [[ $skip_count == 0 ]]; then
+ # find the string they're seeking.
+ if [[ ! "$line" =~ .*${seeker}.* ]]; then
+ # no match.
+ echo "$line" >> "$new_version"
+ else
+ # a match! start skipping. we will delete this line and the next N lines.
+ ((skip_count++))
+#echo first skip count is now $skip_count
+ found_any=yes
+ fi
+ else
+ # we're already skipping. let's keep going until we hit the limit.
+ ((skip_count++))
+#echo ongoing skip count is now $skip_count
+ if (( $skip_count > $numlines )); then
+ echo "Done skipping, and back to writing output file."
+ skip_count=0
+ fi
+ fi
+ done < "$filename"
+
+#echo file we created looks like this:
+#cat "$new_version"
+
+ if [ ! -z "$found_any" ]; then
+ # put the file back into place under the original name.
+ \mv "$new_version" "$filename"
+ test_or_die "moving the new version into place in: $filename"
+ else
+ # cannot always be considered an error, but we can at least gripe.
+ echo "Did not find any matches for seeker '$seeker' in file: $filename"
+ fi
+ }
+
+ ##############
+
# NOTE: no more function definitions are allowed after this point.
function function_sentinel()