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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# this program is run in the background to show a bye message on the console.
+
+export LIGHTWEIGHT_INIT=true # make sure we just get our variables.
+source $HOME/yeti/scripts/launch_feisty_meow.sh
+export host=$(hostname)
+
+source $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/date_stringer.sh
+
+# use this to always print the message.
+# export hostlist=$host
+
+# only print on a few...
+export hostlist='chandra ducky equanimity gulliver hamstergate \
+ mycroft mrowrt numenor shaggy simmy slowboat velma wolfe \
+\
+ dervish frylock lagomorph shakezula '
+#hmmm: this hostlist is highly dependent on my own favorite host names.
+# to commoditize this, we should instead use a config file for the list.
+
+# set our domain name based on what's found in the resolv.conf file, where
+# dns info is often found.
+DOMAIN_NAME=$(grep -i search </etc/resolv.conf | tail -1 | sed -n -e 's/domain.\(.*\)$/\1/p')
+if [ -z "$DOMAIN_NAME" ]; then
+ # second try, searching out the search domain as a suitable replacement
+ # for the actual domain being specified.
+ DOMAIN_NAME=$(grep -i search </etc/resolv.conf | tail -1 | sed -n -e 's/search.\(.*\)$/\1/p')
+fi
+# oh well, we don't know what the heck the domain is.
+if [ -z "$DOMAIN_NAME" ]; then DOMAIN_NAME=unknown_domain; fi
+
+echo domain is $DOMAIN_NAME
+
+for i in $hostlist; do
+ if [ "$host" = "$i" -o "$host" = "$i.$DOMAIN_NAME" ]; then
+# echo $(date_stringer)": $host matched." >>$HOME/host_matched_in_byejob.txt
+ ( /bin/bash <<end
+ sleep 7; bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/users/byemessage.sh /dev/console
+end
+ )&
+jobs
+ fi
+done
+