-# run through all the parameters provided and find any
-# directories under them (or probably barf if they're not
-# dirs).
-for i in "${@}" ; do
+# run through all the parameters provided and find any directories under them
+# (or probably barf if they're not dirs).
+#hmmm: really? "barf" is an implementation strategy now?
+for countfilesname in "${@}" ; do
+# echo "arg is: '$countfilesname'"