##############
+# some preconditions we want to establish before loading anything...
+
+# make sure that aliases can be used in non-interactive shells.
+shopt -s expand_aliases
+
+# patch the user variable if we were launched by one of our cron jobs.
+if [ -z "$USER" -a ! -z "$CRONUSER" ]; then
+ export USER="$CRONUSER"
+fi
+
+##############
+
export ERROR_OCCURRED=
# there have been no errors to start with, at least. we will set this
# to non-empty if something bad happens.
# include helpful functions. we do this every time rather than making it part
# of variable initialization, because functions cannot be exported to
-# sub-shells in bash (much like aliases cannot, to our infinite chagrin after
-# having migrated from korn shell...).
+# sub-shells in bash.
source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/functions.sh"
# load some helper methods for the terminal which we'll use below.