# export NAME='Doodmodeus Q. Nornberton'
# don't bother running our stuff for a dumb terminal since any echo
-# can mess with an sftp connection, apparently.
-if [ ${TERM} != "dumb" ]; then
+# can mess with an sftp or scp connection, apparently. similarly, we
+# don't want any automatic startup stuff if we are running under PBS.
+if [ "${TERM}" != "dumb" -a -z "$PBS_ENVIRONMENT" ]; then
# sets up the feisty_meow scripts, using the default locations for all scripts.
source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
fi