cleaner approach to hello file

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

diff --git a/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh b/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
index 55b30a8696d7b3303a0c911acbc51c7c13566e1d..e1f2c9453c89e5d3383bf4c2ab09d76d689a716a 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
@@ -217,8 +217,9 @@ if [ "$NO_REPAIRS_NEEDED" == "true" ]; then
 
   # only run this hello file if the core feisty meow support haven't been loaded already.  this
   # hopefully guarantees we show the info at most once in one shell continuum.
+  # this can also be disabled if the NO_HELLO variable has a non-empty value.
   type CORE_VARIABLES_LOADED &>/dev/null
-  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  if [ $? -ne 0 -a -z "$NO_HELLO" ]; then
     # print out a personalized hello file if we find one.
     if [ -f ~/hello.txt ]; then
       echo