X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=scripts%2Fcore%2Fconnect_feisty_meow.sh;h=211bba7b975b06a7fe74da328e71d2e0cfceb8e4;hb=2e93c29a45ae9d58694c0de962151e6829739380;hp=9a5c81d548bb3b98b6b22e36a3009641f6cdb868;hpb=d386e463f2cfb9c029fa2a12de947a4858571807;p=feisty_meow.git

diff --git a/scripts/core/connect_feisty_meow.sh b/scripts/core/connect_feisty_meow.sh
index 9a5c81d5..211bba7b 100644
--- a/scripts/core/connect_feisty_meow.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/connect_feisty_meow.sh
@@ -5,22 +5,39 @@
 # this script adds the feisty inits code to .bashrc, if we think it has not yet been added.
 
 # auto-locate the feisty meow scripts, since they supposedly are not enabled yet.
-export WORKDIR="$( \cd "$(\dirname "$0")" && \pwd )"  # obtain the script's working directory.
+export THISDIR="$( \cd "$(\dirname "$0")" && \pwd )"  # obtain the script's working directory.
 # normalize the path we want to cobble together.
-export FEISTY_MEOW_APEX="$( \cd "$WORKDIR/../.." && \pwd )"
+export FEISTY_MEOW_APEX="$( \cd "$THISDIR/../.." && \pwd )"
 
 echo calculated apex as $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX
 
+do_root="$1"; shift
+
 if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ] && grep -q "launch_feisty_meow.sh" "$HOME/.bashrc"; then
   # the stanza for loading feisty meow already seems to be present.
   echo "Feisty Meow already seems to be configured in '~/.bashrc'."
 else
-  # stuff the normal user init file into .bashrc.  not appropriate for root probably, but
-  # this is the easy quick start script for normal folks.
-  cat $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/infobase/feisty_inits/dot.bashrc-normal-user |
-    sed -e \
-      "s?FEISTY_MEOW_APEX=\".*\"?FEISTY_MEOW_APEX=\"$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX\"?" \
-      >> "$HOME/.bashrc"
-  echo "Feisty Meow is now configured in '~/.bashrc'."
+  # check for the --root flag to see if they're trying to get the root version of inits.
+  if [ "$do_root" != "--root" ]; then
+    # stuff the "normal user" init file into .bashrc.  not appropriate for root.
+    # this is the easy and quick start script for most folks.
+    cat $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/infobase/feisty_inits/dot.bashrc-normal-user |
+      sed -e \
+        "s?FEISTY_MEOW_APEX=\".*\"?FEISTY_MEOW_APEX=\"$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX\"?" \
+        >> "$HOME/.bashrc"
+    echo "Feisty Meow is now configured in '~/.bashrc' for standard users."
+  else
+    # stuff the root user init file into .bashrc.  this one doesn't
+    # automatically load the feisty meow scripts.  instead, there is a macro
+    # (uhh, an alias) that loads the feisty meow scripts.  the 'fredme' macro
+    # comes from the main author of feisty meow, named fred t. hamster.  we
+    # have since added a 'feistyme' macro too, to be slightly less
+    # idiosyncratic, as if that were possible.
+    cat $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/infobase/feisty_inits/dot.bashrc-root |
+      sed -e \
+        "s?FEISTY_MEOW_APEX=\".*\"?FEISTY_MEOW_APEX=\"$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX\"?" \
+        >> "$HOME/.bashrc"
+    echo "Feisty Meow is now configured in '~/.bashrc' for the root user."
+  fi
 fi