soundfile=$1
fi
-ip_file="$(mktemp ${tempdir}/$(hostname | sed -e "s/\..*$//")_ip.XXXXXX)_${USER}"
+ip_file="$(mktemp ${tempdir}/ip_${USER}_$(hostname | sed -e "s/\..*$//").XXXXXX)"
# get live ip address
pushd $tempdir
# gets us access to the server. this needs to be on the local machine
# for sftp to run without a login prompt.
sudo -u $local_user sftp $username@$server <<eof
-mkdir gen
+if [ ! -d gen ]; then
+ mkdir gen
+fi
cd gen
put $ip_file $(hostname | sed -e "s/\..*$//")_ip.txt
eof
+\rm -f "$ip_file"
+
popd