# this script cannot handle figuring out where it lives, so approaches that
# get the THISDIR will fail. this is a consequence of this always being used
# in bash's 'source' directive, which does not pass the script name as
# this script cannot handle figuring out where it lives, so approaches that
# get the THISDIR will fail. this is a consequence of this always being used
# in bash's 'source' directive, which does not pass the script name as