cleaning up revision control tools

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

diff --git a/scripts/core/functions.sh b/scripts/core/functions.sh
index dafa0c4f40bdd6318a9669578a65ac6268b664e6..6f02ae26160a62b4f6abc0b7d31104a8a7195993 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/core/functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/functions.sh
@@ -80,6 +80,15 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
     IFS="$HOLDIFS"
   }
 
+  # when passed a list of things, this will return the unique items from that list as an echo.
+  function uniquify()
+  {
+    # do the uniquification: split the space separated items into separate lines, then
+    # sort the list, then run the uniq tool on the list.  results will be packed back onto
+    # one line when invoked like: local fredlist="$(uniquify a b c e d a e f a e d b)"
+    echo $* | tr ' ' '\n' | sort | uniq
+  }
+
   # sets the variable in parameter 1 to the value in parameter 2, but only if
   # that variable was undefined.
   function set_var_if_undefined()
@@ -308,7 +317,7 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
       # information for su.
   
       # get the x authority info for our current user.
-      source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/x_win/get_x_auth.sh"
+      source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/security/get_x_auth.sh"
   
       if [ -z "$X_auth_info" ]; then
         # if there's no authentication info to pass along, we just do a normal su.
@@ -338,7 +347,7 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
 #    fi
   }
   
-  # trashes the .#blah files that cvs and svn leave behind when finding conflicts.
+  # trashes the .#blah files that cvs and subversion leave behind when finding conflicts.
   # this kind of assumes you've already checked them for any salient facts.
   function clean_cvs_junk() {
     for i in $*; do