-if [ -z "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED" ]; then
- # FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED is where the generated files yeti uses are located.
- # this is our single entry point we can use without knowing any variables
- # yet in the initialization process.
- export FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED="$HOME/.zz_auto_gen"
-#hmmm: the above is kind of a constant. that's not so great.
-
- # make sure our main variables are established.
- GENERATED_FEISTY_MEOW_VARIABLES="$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED/fmc_variables.sh"
- if [ ! -f "$GENERATED_FEISTY_MEOW_VARIABLES" ]; then
- echo -e '\n\n'
- echo "The yeti scripts need to be initialized via the bootstrap process, e.g.:"
- echo " bash $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/bootstrap_shells.sh"
- echo -e '\n\n'
+# this script cannot handle figuring out where it lives, so approaches that
+# get the WORKDIR will fail. this is a consequence of this always being used
+# in bash's 'source' directive, which does not pass the script name as
+# argument 0. instead, we just check for the bad condition of a malconfigured
+# script system and try to repair it.
+
+# we start out thinking things are good.
+NO_REPAIRS_NEEDED=true
+
+# check if any crucial folder is hosed. we will torch the existing config
+# to the extent we can.
+if [ ! -d "$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX" ]; then
+ # flag some problems.
+ unset NO_REPAIRS_NEEDED
+ # wipe out the offending variable(s).
+ unset FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS FEISTY_MEOW_APEX
+ # clean out any unfortunate wrongness that may exist in our generated areas.
+ if [ -d "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK" ]; then \rm -rf "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK"; fi
+ if [ -d "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE" ]; then \rm -rf "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE"; fi
+ # also wipe any values from the variables pointing at generated stuff.
+ unset FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE
+ echo "
+
+The feisty meow configuration is damaged somehow. Please change to the
+directory where it is stored, e.g.:
+
+ cd /opt/feistymeow.org/feisty_meow
+
+and execute this command:
+
+ export FEISTY_MEOW_APEX=\$(pwd); echo \"export FEISTY_MEOW_APEX=\$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX\" \> \$HOME/\$USER.fm-fix ; exec /bin/bash -c 'source \$HOME/\$USER.fm-fix; /bin/bash \$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/scripts/core/reconfigure_feisty_meow.sh ; source \$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh ; /bin/bash -i --norc --noprofile '
+
+Note that this assumes that the .bashrc file could still need editing to fix
+an erroneous FEISTY_MEOW_APEX variable, so we skip it when bash runs. Check
+\$HOME/.bashrc to see if a change there will fix the above error.
+
+"
+fi
+
+#; source \$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
+
+if [ "$NO_REPAIRS_NEEDED" == "true" ]; then
+
+ # we believe it's safe to run through the rest of this script.
+
+ ##############
+
+ # some preconditions we want to establish before loading anything...
+
+ # make sure that aliases can be used in non-interactive shells.
+ shopt -s expand_aliases
+
+ # patch the user variable if we were launched by one of our cron jobs.
+ if [ -z "$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.
+
+ if [ -z "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK" ]; then
+ # FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK is where the generated files are located.
+ # this is our single entry point we can use without knowing any variables
+ # yet in the initialization process.
+ export FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK="$HOME/.zz_feisty_loading"
+ #hmmm: the above is kind of a constant. that's not so great.
+
+ # make sure our main variables are established.
+ FEISTY_MEOW_VARIABLES_LOADING_FILE="$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/fmc_variables.sh"
+ if [ ! -f "$FEISTY_MEOW_VARIABLES_LOADING_FILE" ]; then
+ echo -e "\
+
+ The feisty meow scripts need initialization via the bootstrap process. For\n\
+ example, if the feisty meow folder lives in '$DEFAULT_FEISTYMEOW_ORG_DIR', then this\n\
+ command bootstraps feisty meow:\n\
+ \n\
+ bash $example_dir/feisty_meow/scripts/core/reconfigure_feisty_meow.sh\n\
+ \n\
+ \n"
+ ERROR_OCCURRED=true
+ fi
+
+ ##############
+
+ if [ -z "$ERROR_OCCURRED" ]; then
+
+ # pull in our generated variables that are the minimal set we need to find
+ # the rest of our resources.
+ source "$FEISTY_MEOW_VARIABLES_LOADING_FILE"
+
+ # Set up the temporary directory.
+ source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/create_tempdir.sh"
+ fi
+