aha, defective sudo alias was at fault

[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / core / functions.sh

diff --git a/scripts/core/functions.sh b/scripts/core/functions.sh
index 45980cee8e9b77a9216635bff57b442ee257ea23..6797708525179750e9e84c5de98e4b211c44c2de 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/core/functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/functions.sh
@@ -363,14 +363,15 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
   # sudo function wraps the normal sudo by ensuring we replace the terminal
   # label if they're doing an su with the sudo.
   function sudo() {
-#    local first_command="$1"
     save_terminal_title
     /usr/bin/sudo "$@"
+    retval=$?
     restore_terminal_title
 #    if [ "$first_command" == "su" ]; then
 #      # yep, they were doing an su, but they're back now.
 #      label_terminal_with_info
 #    fi
+    return $retval
   }
   
   # trashes the .#blah files that cvs and subversion leave behind when finding conflicts.
@@ -388,6 +389,7 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
       echo "The nechung oracle program cannot be found.  You may want to consider"
       echo "rebuilding the feisty meow applications with this command:"
       echo "bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/generator/produce_feisty_meow.sh"
+      echo
     else
       $wheres_nechung
     fi
@@ -772,6 +774,35 @@ return 0
 
   ##############
 
+  # echoes the machine's hostname.  can be used like so:
+  #   local my_host=$(get_hostname)
+  function get_hostname()
+  {
+    # there used to be more variation in how to do this, but adopting mingw
+    # and cygwin tools really helped out.
+    local this_host=unknown
+    if [ "$OS" == "Windows_NT" ]; then
+      this_host=$(hostname)
+    elif [ ! -z "$(echo $MACHTYPE | grep apple)" ]; then
+      this_host=$(hostname)
+    elif [ ! -z "$(echo $MACHTYPE | grep suse)" ]; then
+      this_host=$(hostname --long)
+    elif [ -x "$(which hostname 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+      this_host=$(hostname)
+    fi
+    echo "$this_host"
+  }
+
+  # makes sure that the provided "folder" is a directory and is writable.
+  function test_writeable()
+  {
+    local folder="$1"; shift
+    if [ ! -d "$folder" -o ! -w "$folder" ]; then return 1; fi
+    return 0
+  }
+
+  ##############
+
   # NOTE: no more function definitions are allowed after this point.
 
   function function_sentinel()