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diff --git a/scripts/files/safedel.pl b/scripts/files/safedel.pl
index 0fd25678..6b8ed29a 100644
--- a/scripts/files/safedel.pl
+++ b/scripts/files/safedel.pl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require "filename_helper.pl";
 require "inc_num.pl";
 require "zap_the_dir.pl";
 
-use Env qw(TMP OS);
+use Env qw(TMP OS DEBUG_FEISTY_MEOW);
 
 #hmmm: need a usage statement.
 
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ exit 0;
 sub safedel {
   # get the list of files and directories to whack.
   local(@to_delete) = &glob_list(@_);
-#  print "final list of whackees: @to_delete\n";
+#hmmm: make this into a debug option. 
+#print "list of whackees: @to_delete\n";
 
   # we store the deleted files in a directory under the temporary directory.
   if (! -d $TMP) { 
@@ -132,7 +133,9 @@ sub safedel {
     }
   }
   if (@deleted) {
-    print "Trashed [@deleted].\n";
+    if ($DEBUG_FEISTY_MEOW != "") {
+      print "Trashed [@deleted].\n";
+    }
     open(REPORT, ">>$TMP/zz_safedel_report.txt");
 
     local($printable_date) = scalar(localtime());
@@ -145,7 +148,11 @@ sub safedel {
     print REPORT $printable_date . " -- from [@deleted]\n";
     close(REPORT);
   } else {
-    print "No files were deleted.\n";
+#hmmm: oh good, and we should always bug people about nothing having been done?
+#      this is especially tiresome when our own scripts cause safedel to be invoked,
+#      since then they are automatically noisy and blathery.
+#hmmm: make this into a debug option. 
+#    print "No files were deleted.\n";
   }
 }