hoping the screen debacle is done

[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / opensim / opensim_utils.sh

diff --git a/scripts/opensim/opensim_utils.sh b/scripts/opensim/opensim_utils.sh
index 695c09cf6afddb7f25ad091ba9430b582f6d118f..d9d9d654784b9732a893c233486cced77a157005 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/opensim/opensim_utils.sh
+++ b/scripts/opensim/opensim_utils.sh
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ function launch_screen()
   screen_name="$1"; shift
   app_name="$1"; shift
   echo "$(date_stringer ' '): starting $screen_name now..."
-  screen -L -S "$screen_name" -d -m nice -n $NICENESS_LEVEL mono "$app_name" 
-##why? --debug 
-#no, makes it ugly: -console=basic 
+#hmmm: version check for if we're using old screen?  this -L change was a mistake though for the screen project owners on ubuntu.
+#local boguslog=$HOME/screen_junk_$(date_stringer).log
+#maybe they unbroke it in 17.10?
+  screen -L$boguslog -S "$screen_name" -d -m nice -n $NICENESS_LEVEL mono "$app_name" 
 
   echo "$(date_stringer ' '): $screen_name started."
   # only sleep if we are not at the last process that gets started.