+
+ # recreates all the generated files that the feisty meow scripts use.
+ function regenerate() {
+ # do the bootstrapping process again.
+ echo "regenerating feisty meow script environment."
+ bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/reconfigure_feisty_meow.sh
+ echo
+ # force a full reload by turning off sentinel variable and alias.
+ # the nethack one is used by fred's customizations.
+ # interesting note perhaps: found that the NETHACKOPTIONS variable was
+ # not being unset correctly when preceded by an alias. split them up
+ # like they are now due to that bug.
+ unset -v CORE_ALIASES_LOADED FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK NECHUNG NETHACKOPTIONS
+ unset -f function_sentinel
+ # reload feisty meow environment in current shell.
+ source $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
+ # run nechung oracle to give user a new fortune.
+ nechung
+ }
+
+ # generates a random password where the first parameter is the number of characters
+ # in the password (default 20) and the second parameter specifies whether to use
+ # special characters (1) or not (0).
+ # found function at http://legroom.net/2010/05/06/bash-random-password-generator
+ function random_password()
+ {
+ [ "$2" == "0" ] && CHAR="[:alnum:]" || CHAR="[:graph:]"
+ cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd "$CHAR" | head -c ${1:-32}
+ echo
+ }
+
+ # a wrapper for the which command that finds items on the path. some OSes
+ # do not provide which, so we want to not be spewing errors when that
+ # happens.
+ function whichable()
+ {
+ to_find="$1"; shift
+ which which &>/dev/null
+ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+ # there is no which command here. we produce nothing due to this.
+ echo
+ fi
+ echo $(which $to_find)
+ }
+
+ # copies a set of custom scripts into the proper location for feisty meow
+ # to merge their functions and aliases with the standard set.
+ function recustomize()
+ {
+ user="$1"; shift
+ if [ -z "$user" ]; then
+ # use our default example user if there was no name provided.
+ user=fred
+ fi
+ if [ ! -d "$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/customizing/$user" ]; then
+ echo "The customization folder provided for $user should be:"
+ echo " '$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/customizing/$user'"
+ echo "but that folder does not exist. Skipping customization."
+ return 1
+ fi
+ regenerate >/dev/null
+ pushd "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom" &>/dev/null
+ local incongruous_files="$(bash "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/list_non_dupes.sh" "$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/customizing/$user" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom")"
+
+#echo "the incongruous files list is: $incongruous_files"
+ # disallow a single character result, since we get "*" as result when nothing exists yet.
+ if [ ${#incongruous_files} -ge 2 ]; then
+ echo "cleaning unknown older overrides..."
+ perl "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/safedel.pl" $incongruous_files
+ echo
+ fi
+ popd &>/dev/null
+ echo "copying custom overrides for $user"
+ mkdir -p "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom" 2>/dev/null
+ perl "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/text/cpdiff.pl" "$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/customizing/$user" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom"
+ if [ -d "$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/customizing/$user/scripts" ]; then
+ echo "copying custom scripts for $user"
+ \cp -R "$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/customizing/$user/scripts" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom/"
+ fi
+ echo
+ regenerate
+ }
+
+#uhhh, this does what now?
+ function add_cygwin_drive_mounts() {
+ for i in c d e f g h q z ; do
+ ln -s /cygdrive/$i $i
+ done
+ }
+
+ # takes a file to modify, and then it will replace any occurrences of the
+ # pattern provided as the second parameter with the text in the third
+ # parameter.
+ function replace_pattern_in_file()
+ {
+ local file="$1"; shift
+ local pattern="$1"; shift
+ local replacement="$1"; shift
+ if [ -z "$file" -o -z "$pattern" -o -z "$replacement" ]; then
+ echo "replace_pattern_in_file: needs a filename, a pattern to replace, and the"
+ echo "text to replace that pattern with."
+ return 1
+ fi
+ sed -i -e "s%$pattern%$replacement%g" "$file"
+ }
+
+ # goes to a particular directory passed as parameter 1, and then removes all
+ # the parameters after that from that directory.
+ function push_whack_pop()
+ {
+ local dir="$1"; shift
+ pushd "$dir" &>/dev/null
+ rm -rf $* &>/dev/null
+ popd &>/dev/null
+ }
+
+ function spacem()
+ {
+ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+ arg="$1"; shift
+ if [ ! -f "$arg" -a ! -d "$arg" ]; then
+ echo "failure to find a file or directory named '$arg'."
+ continue
+ fi
+
+ # first we will capture the output of the character replacement operation for reporting.
+ # this is done first since some filenames can't be properly renamed in perl (e.g. if they
+ # have pipe characters apparently).
+ intermediate_name="$(bash "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/replace_spaces_with_underscores.sh" "$arg")"
+ local saw_intermediate_result=0
+ if [ -z "$intermediate_name" ]; then
+ # make sure we report something, if there are no further name changes.
+ intermediate_name="'$arg'"
+ else
+ # now zap the first part of the name off (since original name isn't needed).
+ intermediate_name="$(echo $intermediate_name | sed -e 's/.*=> //')"
+ saw_intermediate_result=1
+ fi
+
+ # first we rename the file to be lower case.
+ actual_file="$(echo $intermediate_name | sed -e "s/'\([^']*\)'/\1/")"
+ final_name="$(perl $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/renlower.pl "$actual_file")"
+ local saw_final_result=0
+ if [ -z "$final_name" ]; then
+ final_name="$intermediate_name"
+ else
+ final_name="$(echo $final_name | sed -e 's/.*=> //')"
+ saw_final_result=1
+ fi
+#echo intermed=$saw_intermediate_result
+#echo final=$saw_final_result
+
+ if [[ $saw_intermediate_result != 0 || $saw_final_result != 0 ]]; then
+ # printout the combined operation results.
+ echo "'$arg' => $final_name"
+ fi
+ done
+ }
+
+ ##############
+
+# new breed of definer functions goes here. still in progress.
+
+ # defines an alias and remembers that this is a new or modified definition.
+ # if the feisty meow codebase is unloaded, then so are all the aliases that
+ # were defined.
+ function define_yeti_alias()
+ {
+# if alias exists already, save old value for restore,
+# otherwise save null value for restore,
+# have to handle unaliasing if there was no prior value of one
+# we newly defined.
+# add alias name to a list of feisty defined aliases.
+
+#hmmm: first implem, just do the alias and get that working...
+alias "${@}"
+
+
+return 0
+ }
+
+ # defines a variable within the feisty meow environment and remembers that
+ # this is a new or modified definition. if the feisty meow codebase is
+ # unloaded, then so are all the variables that were defined.
+ # this function always exports the variables it defines.
+# function define_yeti_variable()
+# {
+## if variable exists already, save old value for restore,
+## otherwise save null value for restore,
+## have to handle unsetting if there was no prior value of one
+## we newly defined.
+## add variable name to a list of feisty defined variables.
+#
+##hmmm: first implem just sets it up and exports the variable.
+## i.e., this method always exports.
+#export "${@}"
+#
+#
+#return 0
+# }
+
+ ##############
+
+ # just shows a separator line for an 80 column console, or uses the first
+ # parameter as the number of columns to expect.
+ function separator()
+ {
+ count=$1; shift
+ if [ -z "$count" ]; then
+ count=79
+ fi
+ echo
+ local i
+ for ((i=0; i < $count - 1; i++)); do
+ echo -n "="
+ done
+ echo
+ echo
+ }
+ # alias for separator.
+ function sep()
+ {
+ separator $*
+ }
+
+ ##############