+# SHELL_DEBUG: if this variable is non-empty, then it causes the feisty meow
+# scripts to print more diagnostic information when they run. not all
+# scripts support this, but the core ones do.
+
+#export SHELL_DEBUG=true
+
+##############
+
+# 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