+# test if this uptime knows the -p flag.
+uptime -p &>/dev/null
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+ up="$(uptime -p)"
+else
+ up="$(uptime | awk '{print $2 " " $3 " " $4 " plus " $1 " hours" }')"
+fi
+
+# decide whether they've got splitter available or not.
+if [ -f "$BINDIR/splitter" -o -f "$BINDIR/splitter.exe" ]; then
+ splitter="$BINDIR/splitter"
+else
+ # not available, so just emit as huge overly long string.
+ splitter="cat"
+fi