-# 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="$HOME/.zz_auto_gen"
-if [ ! -z "$WINDIR" -o ! -z "$windir" ]; then
- # assume they are using windoze.
- export FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED="$TMP/zz_auto_gen"
-fi
+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'
+ fi